diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
index 408759013e8..4f25b2674e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
@@ -63,9 +63,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     sed -i 's,"/etc","'"$TMPDIR"'",' src/os/os_test.go
     sed -i 's,/_go_os_test,'"$TMPDIR"'/_go_os_test,' src/os/path_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestCgoLookupIP/areturn' src/net/cgo_unix_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestChdirAndGetwd/areturn' src/os/os_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestDialDualStackLocalhost/areturn' src/net/dial_test.go
     sed -i '/TestRead0/areturn' src/os/os_test.go
     sed -i '/TestSystemRoots/areturn' src/crypto/x509/root_darwin_test.go
-    sed -i '/TestDialDualStackLocalhost/areturn' src/net/dial_test.go
+
+    # fails when running inside tmux
+    sed -i '/TestNohup/areturn' src/os/signal/signal_test.go
+
 
     # remove IP resolving tests, on darwin they can find fe80::1%lo while expecting ::1
     sed -i '/TestResolveIPAddr/areturn' src/net/ipraw_test.go
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.5.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.5.nix
index ccbb50f42d1..ce5c2579b89 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.5.nix
@@ -74,9 +74,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i 's,strings.Contains(.*sysctl.*,true {,' src/cmd/dist/util.go
     sed -i 's,"/etc","'"$TMPDIR"'",' src/os/os_test.go
     sed -i 's,/_go_os_test,'"$TMPDIR"'/_go_os_test,' src/os/path_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestCgoLookupIP/areturn' src/net/cgo_unix_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestChdirAndGetwd/areturn' src/os/os_test.go
     sed -i '/TestRead0/areturn' src/os/os_test.go
     sed -i '/TestSystemRoots/areturn' src/crypto/x509/root_darwin_test.go
 
+    sed -i '/TestGoInstallRebuildsStalePackagesInOtherGOPATH/areturn' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestBuildDashIInstallsDependencies/areturn' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
+
     sed -i '/TestDisasmExtld/areturn' src/cmd/objdump/objdump_test.go
 
     touch $TMPDIR/group $TMPDIR/hosts $TMPDIR/passwd