diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/2-dev.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/2-dev.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c70133c98b35..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/2-dev.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,276 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchgit
-, tzdata
-, iana-etc
-, runCommand
-, perl
-, which
-, pkg-config
-, patch
-, procps
-, pcre
-, cacert
-, Security
-, Foundation
-, mailcap
-, runtimeShell
-, buildPackages
-, pkgsBuildTarget
-, callPackage
-}:
-
-let
-  go_bootstrap = buildPackages.callPackage ./bootstrap.nix { };
-
-  goBootstrap = runCommand "go-bootstrap" { } ''
-    mkdir $out
-    cp -rf ${go_bootstrap}/* $out/
-    chmod -R u+w $out
-    find $out -name "*.c" -delete
-    cp -rf $out/bin/* $out/share/go/bin/
-  '';
-
-  goarch = platform: {
-    "i686" = "386";
-    "x86_64" = "amd64";
-    "aarch64" = "arm64";
-    "arm" = "arm";
-    "armv5tel" = "arm";
-    "armv6l" = "arm";
-    "armv7l" = "arm";
-    "powerpc64le" = "ppc64le";
-  }.${platform.parsed.cpu.name} or (throw "Unsupported system");
-
-  # We need a target compiler which is still runnable at build time,
-  # to handle the cross-building case where build != host == target
-  targetCC = pkgsBuildTarget.targetPackages.stdenv.cc;
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "go2-unstable";
-  version = "2021-04-13";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://go.googlesource.com/go";
-    rev = "9cd52cf2a93a958e8e001aea36886e7846c91f2f";
-    sha256 = "sha256:0hybm93y4i4j7bs86y7h73nc1wqnspkq75if7n1032zf9bs8sm96";
-  };
-
-  # perl is used for testing go vet
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl which pkg-config patch procps ];
-  buildInputs = [ cacert pcre ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ stdenv.cc.libc.out ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc") [ stdenv.cc.libc.static ];
-
-  depsTargetTargetPropagated = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Security Foundation ];
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "all" ];
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    echo '${version}' > VERSION
-    patchShebangs ./ # replace /bin/bash
-
-    # This source produces shell script at run time,
-    # and thus it is not corrected by patchShebangs.
-    substituteInPlace misc/cgo/testcarchive/carchive_test.go \
-      --replace '#!/usr/bin/env bash' '#!${runtimeShell}'
-
-    # Patch the mimetype database location which is missing on NixOS.
-    # but also allow static binaries built with NixOS to run outside nix
-    sed -i 's,\"/etc/mime.types,"${mailcap}/etc/mime.types\"\,\n\t&,' src/mime/type_unix.go
-
-    # Disabling the 'os/http/net' tests (they want files not available in
-    # chroot builds)
-    rm src/net/{listen,parse}_test.go
-    rm src/syscall/exec_linux_test.go
-
-    # !!! substituteInPlace does not seems to be effective.
-    # The os test wants to read files in an existing path. Just don't let it be /usr/bin.
-    sed -i 's,/usr/bin,'"`pwd`", src/os/os_test.go
-    sed -i 's,/bin/pwd,'"`type -P pwd`", src/os/os_test.go
-    # Fails on aarch64
-    sed -i '/TestFallocate/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/link/internal/ld/fallocate_test.go
-    # Skip this test since ssl patches mess it up.
-    sed -i '/TestLoadSystemCertsLoadColonSeparatedDirs/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/crypto/x509/root_unix_test.go
-    # Disable another PIE test which breaks.
-    sed -i '/TestTrivialPIE/aif true \{ return\; \}' misc/cgo/testshared/shared_test.go
-    # Disable the BuildModePie test
-    sed -i '/TestBuildmodePIE/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
-    # Disable the unix socket test
-    sed -i '/TestShutdownUnix/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/net/net_test.go
-    # Disable the hostname test
-    sed -i '/TestHostname/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/os/os_test.go
-    # ParseInLocation fails the test
-    sed -i '/TestParseInSydney/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/time/format_test.go
-    # Remove the api check as it never worked
-    sed -i '/src\/cmd\/api\/run.go/ireturn nil' src/cmd/dist/test.go
-    # Remove the coverage test as we have removed this utility
-    sed -i '/TestCoverageWithCgo/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
-    # Remove the timezone naming test
-    sed -i '/TestLoadFixed/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/time/time_test.go
-    # Remove disable setgid test
-    sed -i '/TestRespectSetgidDir/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/go/internal/work/build_test.go
-    # Remove cert tests that conflict with NixOS's cert resolution
-    sed -i '/TestEnvVars/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/crypto/x509/root_unix_test.go
-    # TestWritevError hangs sometimes
-    sed -i '/TestWritevError/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/net/writev_test.go
-    # TestVariousDeadlines fails sometimes
-    sed -i '/TestVariousDeadlines/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/net/timeout_test.go
-
-    sed -i 's,/etc/protocols,${iana-etc}/etc/protocols,' src/net/lookup_unix.go
-    sed -i 's,/etc/services,${iana-etc}/etc/services,' src/net/port_unix.go
-
-    # Disable cgo lookup tests not works, they depend on resolver
-    rm src/net/cgo_unix_test.go
-
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-    # prepend the nix path to the zoneinfo files but also leave the original value for static binaries
-    # that run outside a nix server
-    sed -i 's,\"/usr/share/zoneinfo/,"${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo/\"\,\n\t&,' src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go
-
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isAarch32 ''
-    echo '#!${runtimeShell}' > misc/cgo/testplugin/test.bash
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    substituteInPlace src/race.bash --replace \
-      "sysctl machdep.cpu.extfeatures | grep -qv EM64T" true
-    sed -i 's,strings.Contains(.*sysctl.*,true {,' src/cmd/dist/util.go
-    sed -i 's,"/etc","'"$TMPDIR"'",' src/os/os_test.go
-    sed -i 's,/_go_os_test,'"$TMPDIR"'/_go_os_test,' src/os/path_test.go
-
-    sed -i '/TestChdirAndGetwd/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/os/os_test.go
-    sed -i '/TestCredentialNoSetGroups/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/os/exec/exec_posix_test.go
-    sed -i '/TestRead0/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/os/os_test.go
-    sed -i '/TestSystemRoots/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/crypto/x509/root_darwin_test.go
-
-    sed -i '/TestGoInstallRebuildsStalePackagesInOtherGOPATH/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
-    sed -i '/TestBuildDashIInstallsDependencies/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
-
-    sed -i '/TestDisasmExtld/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/objdump/objdump_test.go
-
-    sed -i 's/unrecognized/unknown/' src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
-
-    # TestCurrent fails because Current is not implemented on Darwin
-    sed -i 's/TestCurrent/testCurrent/g' src/os/user/user_test.go
-    sed -i 's/TestLookup/testLookup/g' src/os/user/user_test.go
-
-    touch $TMPDIR/group $TMPDIR/hosts $TMPDIR/passwd
-  '';
-
-  patches = [
-    ./remove-tools-1.11.patch
-    ./ssl-cert-file-2-dev.patch
-    ./remove-test-pie-1.15.patch
-    ./creds-test.patch
-    ./go-1.9-skip-flaky-19608.patch
-    ./go-1.9-skip-flaky-20072.patch
-    ./skip-external-network-tests-1.16.patch
-    ./skip-nohup-tests.patch
-    ./skip-cgo-tests-1.15.patch
-  ] ++ [
-    # breaks under load: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/25628
-    (if stdenv.isAarch32
-    then ./skip-test-extra-files-on-aarch32-1.14.patch
-    else ./skip-test-extra-files-on-386-1.14.patch)
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    find . -name '*.orig' -exec rm {} ';'
-  '';
-
-  GOOS = stdenv.targetPlatform.parsed.kernel.name;
-  GOARCH = goarch stdenv.targetPlatform;
-  # GOHOSTOS/GOHOSTARCH must match the building system, not the host system.
-  # Go will nevertheless build a for host system that we will copy over in
-  # the install phase.
-  GOHOSTOS = stdenv.buildPlatform.parsed.kernel.name;
-  GOHOSTARCH = goarch stdenv.buildPlatform;
-
-  # {CC,CXX}_FOR_TARGET must be only set for cross compilation case as go expect those
-  # to be different from CC/CXX
-  CC_FOR_TARGET =
-    if (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform) then
-      "${targetCC}/bin/${targetCC.targetPrefix}cc"
-    else
-      null;
-  CXX_FOR_TARGET =
-    if (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform) then
-      "${targetCC}/bin/${targetCC.targetPrefix}c++"
-    else
-      null;
-
-  GOARM = toString (lib.intersectLists [ (stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.version or "") ] [ "5" "6" "7" ]);
-  GO386 = "softfloat"; # from Arch: don't assume sse2 on i686
-  CGO_ENABLED = 1;
-  # Hopefully avoids test timeouts on Hydra
-  GO_TEST_TIMEOUT_SCALE = 3;
-
-  # Indicate that we are running on build infrastructure
-  # Some tests assume things like home directories and users exists
-  GO_BUILDER_NAME = "nix";
-
-  GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP = "${goBootstrap}/share/go";
-
-  postConfigure = ''
-    export GOCACHE=$TMPDIR/go-cache
-    # this is compiled into the binary
-    export GOROOT_FINAL=$out/share/go
-
-    export PATH=$(pwd)/bin:$PATH
-
-    ${lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform) ''
-    # Independent from host/target, CC should produce code for the building system.
-    # We only set it when cross-compiling.
-    export CC=${buildPackages.stdenv.cc}/bin/cc
-    ''}
-    ulimit -a
-  '';
-
-  postBuild = ''
-    (cd src && ./make.bash)
-  '';
-
-  doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.targetPlatform && !stdenv.isDarwin;
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-    (cd src && HOME=$TMPDIR GOCACHE=$TMPDIR/go-cache ./run.bash --no-rebuild)
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
-
-  preInstall = ''
-    rm -r pkg/obj
-    # Contains the wrong perl shebang when cross compiling,
-    # since it is not used for anything we can deleted as well.
-    rm src/regexp/syntax/make_perl_groups.pl
-  '' + (if (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) then ''
-    mv bin/*_*/* bin
-    rmdir bin/*_*
-    ${lib.optionalString (!(GOHOSTARCH == GOARCH && GOOS == GOHOSTOS)) ''
-      rm -rf pkg/${GOHOSTOS}_${GOHOSTARCH} pkg/tool/${GOHOSTOS}_${GOHOSTARCH}
-    ''}
-  '' else if (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform) then ''
-    rm -rf bin/*_*
-    ${lib.optionalString (!(GOHOSTARCH == GOARCH && GOOS == GOHOSTOS)) ''
-      rm -rf pkg/${GOOS}_${GOARCH} pkg/tool/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}
-    ''}
-  '' else "");
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $GOROOT_FINAL
-    cp -a bin pkg src lib misc api doc $GOROOT_FINAL
-    ln -s $GOROOT_FINAL/bin $out/bin
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  disallowedReferences = [ goBootstrap ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://go.dev/";
-    description = "The Go Programming language";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = teams.golang.members ++ [ maintainers._3noch ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/ssl-cert-file-2-dev.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/ssl-cert-file-2-dev.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a5be2685998e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/ssl-cert-file-2-dev.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/crypto/x509/root_darwin.go b/src/crypto/x509/root_darwin.go
-index 05593bb105..a6a11eeec1 100644
---- a/src/crypto/x509/root_darwin.go
-+++ b/src/crypto/x509/root_darwin.go
-@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
- 	"bytes"
- 	macOS "crypto/x509/internal/macos"
- 	"fmt"
-+	"io/ioutil"
- 	"os"
- 	"strings"
- )
-@@ -22,6 +23,14 @@ func (c *Certificate) systemVerify(opts *VerifyOptions) (chains [][]*Certificate
- }
- 
- func loadSystemRoots() (*CertPool, error) {
-+	if file := os.Getenv("NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE"); file != "" {
-+		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
-+		if err == nil {
-+			roots := NewCertPool()
-+			roots.AppendCertsFromPEM(data)
-+			return roots, nil
-+		}
-+	}
- 	var trustedRoots []*Certificate
- 	untrustedRoots := make(map[string]bool)
- 
-diff --git a/src/crypto/x509/root_unix.go b/src/crypto/x509/root_unix.go
-index dede825edd..ffb3caf4a4 100644
---- a/src/crypto/x509/root_unix.go
-+++ b/src/crypto/x509/root_unix.go
-@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package x509
- 
- import (
- 	"io/fs"
-+	"io/ioutil"
- 	"os"
- 	"path/filepath"
- 	"strings"
-@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ func (c *Certificate) systemVerify(opts *VerifyOptions) (chains [][]*Certificate
- 
- func loadSystemRoots() (*CertPool, error) {
- 	roots := NewCertPool()
-+	if file := os.Getenv("NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE"); file != "" {
-+		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
-+		if err == nil {
-+			roots.AppendCertsFromPEM(data)
-+			return roots, nil
-+		}
-+	}
- 
- 	files := certFiles
- 	if f := os.Getenv(certFileEnv); f != "" {
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3198218dbdfa..93670a15f35a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12716,13 +12716,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security Foundation;
   };
 
-  go_2-dev = callPackage ../development/compilers/go/2-dev.nix ({
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security Foundation;
-  } // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.cc.isGNU && stdenv.isAarch64) {
-    stdenv = gcc8Stdenv;
-    buildPackages = buildPackages // { stdenv = buildPackages.gcc8Stdenv; };
-  });
-
   go = go_1_17;
 
   go-repo-root = callPackage ../development/tools/go-repo-root { };