diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
index eb4c64ed334..b703a92f3ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
@@ -77,6 +77,29 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # fails when running inside tmux
     sed -i '/TestNohup/areturn' src/os/signal/signal_test.go
 
+    # unix socket tests fail on darwin
+    sed -i '/TestConnAndListener/areturn' src/net/conn_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestPacketConn/areturn' src/net/conn_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestPacketConn/areturn' src/net/packetconn_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestConnAndPacketConn/areturn' src/net/packetconn_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestUnixListenerSpecificMethods/areturn' src/net/packetconn_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestUnixConnSpecificMethods/areturn' src/net/packetconn_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestUnixListenerSpecificMethods/areturn' src/net/protoconn_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestUnixConnSpecificMethods/areturn' src/net/protoconn_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestStreamConnServer/areturn' src/net/server_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestReadUnixgramWithUnnamedSocket/areturn' src/net/unix_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestReadUnixgramWithZeroBytesBuffer/areturn' src/net/unix_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestUnixgramWrite/areturn' src/net/unix_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestUnixConnLocalAndRemoteNames/areturn' src/net/unix_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestUnixgramConnLocalAndRemoteNames/areturn' src/net/unix_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestWithSimulated/areturn' src/log/syslog/syslog_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestFlap/areturn' src/log/syslog/syslog_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestNew/areturn' src/log/syslog/syslog_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestNewLogger/areturn' src/log/syslog/syslog_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestDial/areturn' src/log/syslog/syslog_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestWrite/areturn' src/log/syslog/syslog_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestConcurrentWrite/areturn' src/log/syslog/syslog_test.go
+    sed -i '/TestConcurrentReconnect/areturn' src/log/syslog/syslog_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/1.6.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix
index 982446f4fdb..7d78f5efd10 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i '/TestChdirAndGetwd/areturn' src/os/os_test.go
     sed -i '/TestRead0/areturn' src/os/os_test.go
     sed -i '/TestNohup/areturn' src/os/signal/signal_test.go
-    sed -i '/TestSystemRoots/areturn' src/crypto/x509/root_darwin_test.go
+    rm src/crypto/x509/root_darwin_test.go src/crypto/x509/verify_test.go
 
     sed -i '/TestGoInstallRebuildsStalePackagesInOtherGOPATH/areturn' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
     sed -i '/TestBuildDashIInstallsDependencies/areturn' src/cmd/go/go_test.go