diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
index e4872597e79..56d363f1015 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preFixup = ''
     rm -r $out/share/go/pkg/bootstrap
+    rm -r $out/share/go/pkg/obj
     ln -s $out/share/go/bin $out/bin
   '';