diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix
index 7154b8e614c..bfa0e0e5446 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  postFixup = ''
-    find $out/libexec/ -type f -executable -exec remove-references-to -t ${go} '{}' + || true
-  '';
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.sylabs.io/";
     description = "Application containers for linux";