diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/acbuild/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/acbuild/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c1b8a7eb866..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/acbuild/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, go, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "acbuild-${version}";
-  version = "0.4.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "appc";
-    repo = "acbuild";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0s81xlaw75d05b4cidxml978hnxak8parwpnk9clanwqjbj66c7x";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ go ];
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    sed -i -e 's|\git describe --dirty|echo "${version}"|' build
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    patchShebangs build
-    ./build
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out
-    mv bin $out
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A build tool for ACIs";
-    homepage = https://github.com/appc/acbuild;
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dgonyeo ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash-forwarder/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash-forwarder/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 44fa1cb7cfb..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash-forwarder/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, go }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "logstash-forwarder-${version}";
-  version = "0.4.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "elasticsearch";
-    repo = "logstash-forwarder";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "05g7366w8f7h75n1ia7njdpmparr6sfvn45xxfh5412zigqidz6l";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ go ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    find . -name logstash-forwarder -type f -exec cp {} $out/bin \;
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
-    homepage = https://github.com/elasticsearch/logstash-forwarder;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-unix-socket/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-unix-socket/default.nix
index d145e1e12c3..e6f2dec30e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-unix-socket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-unix-socket/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, go }:
+{ buildGoPackage, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "curl-unix-socket-2014-09-01";
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "curl-unix-socket-2015-04-10";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Soulou";
     repo = "curl-unix-socket";
-    rev = "e926dca77ba7d4a1eeae073918fdd3db92f1a350";
+    rev = "a7da90b01ed43e8c0d606f760c9da82f8e3ed307";
     sha256 = "1ynrrav90y3dhk8jq2fxm3jswj5nvrffwslgykj429hk6n0czb3d";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ go ];
-  buildPhase = "go build -o curl-unix-socket";
-  installPhase = "install -D curl-unix-socket $out/bin/curl-unix-socket";
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/Soulou/curl-unix-socket";
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+    (
+      cd go/src/${goPackagePath}
+      go build -o $NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/bin/curl-unix-socket
+    )
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Run HTTP requests over UNIX socket";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/filegive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/filegive/default.nix
index a76519b36b5..d8aed9ad8e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/filegive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/filegive/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, go }:
+{ buildGoPackage, stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
-let
-
-  # Code with BSD license
-  srcNatPMP = fetchgit {
-    url = https://github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp;
-    rev = "e04deda90d56";
-    sha256 = "1swwfyzaj3l40yh9np3x4fcracgs79nwryc85sxbdakx8wwxs2xb";
-  };
-
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "filegive-0.7.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -18,30 +8,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1z3vyqfdp271qa5ah0i6jmn9gh3gb296wcm33sd2zfjqapyh12hy";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ go ];
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-    ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "armv5tel-linux") "export GOARM=5"}
+  goPackagePath = "viric.name/soft/filegive";
 
-    mkdir $TMPDIR/go
-    export GOPATH=$TMPDIR/go
-
-    GONATPMP=$GOPATH/src/code.google.com/p/go-nat-pmp
-    mkdir -p $GONATPMP
-    cp -R ${srcNatPMP}/* $GONATPMP/
-    go build -o filegive
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp filegive $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://viric.name/cgi-bin/filegive;
     description = "Easy p2p file sending program";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.agpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
-    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+    license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.viric ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/filegive/deps.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/filegive/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24c26219508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/filegive/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This file was generated by https://github.com/kamilchm/go2nix v1.3.0
+[
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "code.google.com/p/go-nat-pmp";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp";
+      rev = "e04deda90d5683d6e375732740814a89eea7bafd";
+      sha256 = "1swwfyzaj3l40yh9np3x4fcracgs79nwryc85sxbdakx8wwxs2xb";
+    };
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xurls/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xurls/default.nix
index 5e3f8782852..55619b41632 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/xurls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xurls/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, go }:
+{ buildGoPackage, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.1.0";
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  version = "2.0.0";
   name = "xurls-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mvdan";
     repo = "xurls";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "05q4nqbpgfb0a35sn22rn9mlag2ks4cgwb54dx925hipp6zgj1hx";
+    sha256 = "1jdjwlp19r8cb7vycyrjmpwf8dz2fzrqphq4lkvy9x2v7x0kksx8";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ go ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p src/github.com/mvdan
-    ln -s $(pwd) src/github.com/mvdan/xurls
-    export GOPATH=$(pwd)
-    cd cmd/xurls
-    go build -v
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    mv xurls $out/bin
-  '';
+  goPackagePath = "mvdan.cc/xurls/v2";
+  subPackages = [ "cmd/xurls" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Extract urls from text";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4121a66c01f..6c9ce5d1625 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -450,8 +450,6 @@ in
 
   abduco = callPackage ../tools/misc/abduco { };
 
-  acbuild = callPackage ../applications/misc/acbuild { };
-
   acct = callPackage ../tools/system/acct { };
 
   accuraterip-checksum = callPackage ../tools/audio/accuraterip-checksum { };
@@ -3738,8 +3736,6 @@ in
 
   logstash-contrib = callPackage ../tools/misc/logstash/contrib.nix { };
 
-  logstash-forwarder = callPackage ../tools/misc/logstash-forwarder { };
-
   lolcat = callPackage ../tools/misc/lolcat { };
 
   lsdvd = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/lsdvd {};