diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix b/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
index ce699c213454..30542b1d16c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
@@ -253,9 +253,6 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
             if [ -f "$NIX_CC_FOR_TARGET/nix-support/dynamic-linker" ]; then
               export GO_LDSO=$(cat $NIX_CC_FOR_TARGET/nix-support/dynamic-linker)
             fi
-            if [ "$CGO_ENABLED" = "0" ]; then
-              export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=exe $GOFLAGS"
-            fi
             cd "$modRoot"
           ''
           + lib.optionalString (finalAttrs.vendorHash != null) ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix
index da57d07f7205..cdd21e4c4004 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix
@@ -21,30 +21,6 @@ let
   targetCC = pkgsBuildTarget.targetPackages.stdenv.cc;
 
   isCross = stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform;
-
-  # In order for buildmode=pie to work either Go's internal linker must know how
-  # to produce position-independent executables or Go must be using an external linker.
-  #
-  # go-default-pie.patch tries to enable position-independent codegen (PIE) only when the platform
-  # reports support (via BuildModeSupported(..., "pie", ...)).
-  #
-  # That probe is not fully reliable: for example, `pkgsi686Linux.go` can fail during bootstrap
-  # with message 'default PIE binary requires external (cgo) linking, but cgo is not enabled'
-  # despite CGO being enabled. (we set `CGO_ENABLED=1`).
-  #
-  # To avoid such breakage, limit this patch to a small set of explicitly tested platforms
-  # rather than relying on the general BuildModeSupported("pie") check.
-  supportsDefaultPie =
-    let
-      hasPie = {
-        "amd64" = true;
-        "arm64" = true;
-        "ppc64le" = true;
-        "riscv64" = true;
-      };
-    in
-    hasPie.${stdenv.hostPlatform.go.GOARCH} or false
-    && hasPie.${stdenv.targetPlatform.go.GOARCH} or false;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "go";
@@ -86,11 +62,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./remove-tools-1.11.patch
     ./go_no_vendor_checks-1.23.patch
     ./go-env-go_ldso.patch
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals supportsDefaultPie [
-    (replaceVars ./go-default-pie.patch {
-      inherit (stdenv.targetPlatform.go) GOARCH;
-    })
   ];
 
   inherit (stdenv.targetPlatform.go) GOOS GOARCH GOARM;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.25.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.25.nix
index fc472c987040..e807f81f4ab7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.25.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.25.nix
@@ -22,30 +22,6 @@ let
   targetCC = pkgsBuildTarget.targetPackages.stdenv.cc;
 
   isCross = stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform;
-
-  # go-default-pie.patch tries to enable position-independent codegen (PIE) only when the platform
-  # reports support (via BuildModeSupported(..., "pie", ...)).
-  #
-  # In order for buildmode=pie to work either Go's internal linker must know how
-  # to produce position-independent executables or Go must be using an external linker.
-  #
-  # That probe is not fully reliable: for example, `pkgsi686Linux.go` can fail during bootstrap
-  # with message 'default PIE binary requires external (cgo) linking, but cgo is not enabled'
-  # despite CGO being enabled. (we set `CGO_ENABLED=1`).
-  #
-  # To avoid such breakage, limit this patch to a small set of explicitly tested platforms
-  # rather than relying on the general BuildModeSupported("pie") check.
-  supportsDefaultPie =
-    let
-      hasPie = {
-        "amd64" = true;
-        "arm64" = true;
-        "ppc64le" = true;
-        "riscv64" = true;
-      };
-    in
-    hasPie.${stdenv.hostPlatform.go.GOARCH} or false
-    && hasPie.${stdenv.targetPlatform.go.GOARCH} or false;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "go";
@@ -87,11 +63,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./remove-tools-1.11.patch
     ./go_no_vendor_checks-1.23.patch
     ./go-env-go_ldso.patch
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals supportsDefaultPie [
-    (replaceVars ./go-default-pie.patch {
-      inherit (stdenv.targetPlatform.go) GOARCH;
-    })
   ];
 
   inherit (stdenv.targetPlatform.go) GOOS GOARCH GOARM;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/go-default-pie.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/go-default-pie.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bce8d8dafd3d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/go-default-pie.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/internal/platform/supported.go b/src/internal/platform/supported.go
-index f9706a6988..abac42d550 100644
---- a/src/internal/platform/supported.go
-+++ b/src/internal/platform/supported.go
-@@ -249,7 +253,7 @@ func DefaultPIE(goos, goarch string, isRace bool) bool {
- 	case "darwin":
- 		return true
- 	}
--	return false
-+	return goarch == "@GOARCH@" && BuildModeSupported("gc", "pie", goos, goarch)
- }
- 
- // ExecutableHasDWARF reports whether the linked executable includes DWARF