diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/go-repo-root/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/go-repo-root/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 16520ee0457..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/go-repo-root/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, goPackages, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-let
-  version = "0.0.1";
-in
-
-with lib; with goPackages;
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  name = "go-repo-root-${version}";
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/cstrahan/go-repo-root";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "cstrahan";
-    repo = "go-repo-root";
-    rev = "90041e5c7dc634651549f96814a452f4e0e680f9";
-    sha256 = "1rlzp8kjv0a3dnfhyqcggny0ad648j5csr2x0siq5prahlp48mg4";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ tools ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage    = "https://github.com/cstrahan/go-repo-root";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
-    license     = licenses.mit;
-    platforms   = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 65fbeb55b8d..8d91b59c959 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4092,7 +4092,7 @@ let
     then go_1_4 # missing DWARF files during go-1.5 build
     else go_1_5;
 
-  go-repo-root = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/go-repo-root { };
+  go-repo-root = goPackages.go-repo-root.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
 
   gox = goPackages.gox.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
index d9c15174836..6f625eb6dec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
@@ -1272,6 +1272,15 @@ let
     sha256 = "0gr9f53vayc6501a1kaw4p3h9pgf376cgxsfnr3f2dvp0xacvw8x";
   };
 
+  go-repo-root = buildFromGitHub {
+    rev = "90041e5c7dc634651549f96814a452f4e0e680f9";
+    date = "2014-09-11";
+    owner = "cstrahan";
+    repo = "go-repo-root";
+    sha256 = "1rlzp8kjv0a3dnfhyqcggny0ad648j5csr2x0siq5prahlp48mg4";
+    buildInputs = [ tools ];
+  };
+
   go-runit = buildFromGitHub {
     rev    = "a9148323a615e2e1c93b7a9893914a360b4945c8";
     owner  = "soundcloud";