diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
index f58e0801030..59716fbcdb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   GOOS = if stdenv.isDarwin then "darwin" else "linux";
   GOARCH = if stdenv.isDarwin then "amd64"
-           else if stdenv.targetPlatform.isi686 then "386"
-           else if stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86_64 then "amd64"
-           else if stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch32 then "arm"
-           else if stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch64 then "arm64"
+           else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 then "386"
+           else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 then "amd64"
+           else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32 then "arm"
+           else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 then "arm64"
            else throw "Unsupported system";
-  GOARM = toString (stdenv.lib.intersectLists [(stdenv.targetPlatform.parsed.cpu.version or "")] ["5" "6" "7"]);
+  GOARM = toString (stdenv.lib.intersectLists [(stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.version or "")] ["5" "6" "7"]);
   GO386 = 387; # from Arch: don't assume sse2 on i686
   CGO_ENABLED = 1;
   GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP = "${goBootstrap}/share/go";