diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/default.nix
index 69e7b2628787..d8014dd8e51b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "paco";
   version = "1.0";
 
@@ -8,11 +8,22 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     owner = "pacolang";
     repo = "paco";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "03x75h40dhjswbf2g1408krj9b1w05y9pjzygzhklldc75r3n9dh";
+    hash = "sha256-sCU7cjmsUTrhf/7Lm3wBPKwk80SAhCfc4lrCBggspw8=";
   };
 
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/pacolang/paco";
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+  vendorHash = "sha256-J0TKp1df5IWq3Irlzf1lvhWlXnP//MsVqs9M8TtEraw=";
+
+  patches = [
+    # Set correct package path in go.mod
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/pacolang/paco/pull/1/commits/886f0407e94418d34c7e062c6857834aea3c99ac.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-HRNJSyWz1OY+kCV+eaRJbaDXkH4n1NaMpFxCuEhocK4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  subPackages = [ "." ];
+
+  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A simple compiled programming language";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a3ec48b7f1e7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-# file generated from go.mod using vgo2nix (https://github.com/adisbladis/vgo2nix)
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/davecgh/go-spew";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/davecgh/go-spew";
-      rev = "v1.1.0";
-      sha256 = "0d4jfmak5p6lb7n2r6yvf5p1zcw0l8j74kn55ghvr7zr7b7axm6c";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/gookit/color";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/gookit/color";
-      rev = "v1.1.7";
-      sha256 = "02gq82i9srr8bv5yhgkmn5j1r3pn8wspiisvhpbyhykm1fn736mz";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/kr/pty";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/kr/pty";
-      rev = "v1.1.1";
-      sha256 = "0383f0mb9kqjvncqrfpidsf8y6ns5zlrc91c6a74xpyxjwvzl2y6";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/kr/text";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/kr/text";
-      rev = "v0.1.0";
-      sha256 = "1gm5bsl01apvc84bw06hasawyqm4q84vx1pm32wr9jnd7a8vjgj1";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/niemeyer/pretty";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/niemeyer/pretty";
-      rev = "a10e7caefd8e";
-      sha256 = "1jmazh4xzaa3v6g46hz60q2z7nmqs9l9cxdzmmscn3kbcs2znq4v";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/pmezard/go-difflib";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/pmezard/go-difflib";
-      rev = "v1.0.0";
-      sha256 = "0c1cn55m4rypmscgf0rrb88pn58j3ysvc2d0432dp3c6fqg6cnzw";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/stretchr/objx";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/stretchr/objx";
-      rev = "v0.1.0";
-      sha256 = "19ynspzjdynbi85xw06mh8ad5j0qa1vryvxjgvbnyrr8rbm4vd8w";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/stretchr/testify";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/stretchr/testify";
-      rev = "v1.3.0";
-      sha256 = "0wjchp2c8xbgcbbq32w3kvblk6q6yn533g78nxl6iskq6y95lxsy";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/check.v1";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://gopkg.in/check.v1";
-      rev = "8fa46927fb4f";
-      sha256 = "0fx03x0nx9mjwnqphnx852q9p76qg7cazrachvgr1bj357lplrcw";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/pipe.v2";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://gopkg.in/pipe.v2";
-      rev = "3c2ca4d52544";
-      sha256 = "090wrj4n6a6pzdlakcxy9qnkngc8hp6m49ipbnlszs0hyj2hnngv";
-    };
-  }
-]