diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix
index 0f78646e1aa..3def735ec8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preFixup = ''
     rm -r $out/share/go/pkg/bootstrap
-    mv $out/share/go/bin $out/bin
+    ln -s $out/share/go/bin $out/bin
   '';
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;