diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix
index 6f5a65bd03c..b4fa005c3de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0i89298dgnmpmam3ifkm0ax266vvbq1yz7wfw8wwrcma0szrbrnb";
   };
 
+  GOCACHE = "off";
+
   # perl is used for testing go vet
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl which pkgconfig patch makeWrapper procps ];
   buildInputs = [ cacert pcre ]