diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitlab-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitlab-shell/default.nix
index b9423ccb328..bb48a441253 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitlab-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitlab-shell/default.nix
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ ruby bundler go ];
 
-  GOCACHE="$TMPDIR/go-cache";
-
   patches = [ ./remove-hardcoded-locations.patch ];
 
   installPhase = ''
+    export GOCACHE="$TMPDIR/go-cache"
+
     ruby bin/compile
     mkdir -p $out/
     cp -R . $out/
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
index d4ba9568fed..b634625206a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
@@ -94,13 +94,14 @@ rec {
 
     dontStrip = true;
 
-    buildPhase = (optionalString (stdenv.isLinux) ''
+    buildPhase = ''
+      export GOCACHE="$TMPDIR/go-cache"
+    '' + (optionalString (stdenv.isLinux) ''
       # build engine
       cd ./components/engine
       export AUTO_GOPATH=1
       export DOCKER_GITCOMMIT="${rev}"
       export VERSION="${version}"
-      export GOCACHE="$TMPDIR/go-cache"
       ./hack/make.sh dynbinary
       cd -
     '') + ''
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/go-dbus-generator/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/go-dbus-generator/default.nix
index 137ad3dafe0..1e3da129a61 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/go-dbus-generator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/go-dbus-generator/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = [
     "PREFIX=$(out)"
-    "GOCACHE=$TMPDIR/go-cache"
+    "GOCACHE=$(TMPDIR)/go-cache"
   ];
 
   passthru.updateScript = deepin.updateScript { inherit name; };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/go-gir-generator/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/go-gir-generator/default.nix
index e6e70d2c167..bd979b31784 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/go-gir-generator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/go-gir-generator/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = [
     "PREFIX=$(out)"
-    "GOCACHE=$TMPDIR/go-cache"
+    "GOCACHE=$(TMPDIR)/go-cache"
   ];
 
   passthru.updateScript = deepin.updateScript { inherit name; };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boringssl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boringssl/default.nix
index 1fa503ad955..ee62d5423a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boringssl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boringssl/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error";
 
-  GOCACHE="$TMPDIR/go-cache";
+  makeFlags = [ "GOCACHE=$(TMPDIR)/go-cache" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/include $out/lib
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/cadvisor/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/cadvisor/default.nix
index 58ef9fa32b9..44f690bcf9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/cadvisor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/cadvisor/default.nix
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ go ];
 
-  GOCACHE="$TMPDIR/go-cache";
-
   buildPhase = ''
+    export GOCACHE="$TMPDIR/go-cache"
     mkdir -p Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/google/
     ln -s $(pwd) Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/google/cadvisor
     GOPATH=$(pwd)/Godeps/_workspace go build -v -o cadvisor github.com/google/cadvisor
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/vault/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/vault/default.nix
index 92c757df22c..bf5d34a8dd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/vault/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/vault/default.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ go gox removeReferencesTo ];
 
-  GOCACHE="$TMPDIR/go-cache";
-
   preBuild = ''
     patchShebangs ./
     substituteInPlace scripts/build.sh --replace 'git rev-parse HEAD' 'echo ${src.rev}'
@@ -24,6 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s $(pwd) src/github.com/hashicorp/vault
 
     export GOPATH=$(pwd)
+    export GOCACHE="$TMPDIR/go-cache"
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''