diff --git a/native/go-1.4/Makefile b/native/go-1.4/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dc21310f533..000000000000
--- a/native/go-1.4/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-PKG_NAME = go
-PKG_VERS = 1.4-bootstrap-20171003
-PKG_EXT = tar.gz
-PKG_DIST_NAME = $(PKG_NAME)$(PKG_VERS).$(PKG_EXT)
-PKG_DIST_SITE = https://dl.google.com/go/
-PKG_DIR = $(PKG_NAME)
-
-DEPENDS =
-
-HOMEPAGE = https://golang.org
-COMMENT  = Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.
-LICENSE  = BSD-style
-
-CONFIGURE_TARGET = nop
-COMPILE_TARGET = nop
-INSTALL_TARGET = go_bootstrap_install
-
-include ../../mk/spksrc.native-cc.mk
-
-.PHONY: go_bootstrap_install
-go_bootstrap_install:
-	@$(MSG) "Building Go 1.4"
-	cd $(WORK_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)/src && GOARCH="" ./make.bash
diff --git a/native/go-1.4/digests b/native/go-1.4/digests
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fb8098917ed..000000000000
--- a/native/go-1.4/digests
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-go1.4-bootstrap-20171003.tar.gz SHA1 881f0c980a6d6f4e0427a86237298dd9717d8ecf
-go1.4-bootstrap-20171003.tar.gz SHA256 f4ff5b5eb3a3cae1c993723f3eab519c5bae18866b5e5f96fe1102f0cb5c3e52
-go1.4-bootstrap-20171003.tar.gz MD5 dbf727a4b0e365bf88d97cbfde590016
diff --git a/native/go/Makefile b/native/go/Makefile
index 1ca3c7d201f7..d7fe29f72d5c 100644
--- a/native/go/Makefile
+++ b/native/go/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,15 @@
 PKG_NAME = go
 PKG_VERS = 1.16.5
 PKG_EXT = tar.gz
-PKG_DIST_NAME = $(PKG_NAME)$(PKG_VERS).src.$(PKG_EXT)
-PKG_DIST_SITE = https://storage.googleapis.com/golang
+PKG_DIST_NAME = $(PKG_NAME)$(PKG_VERS).linux-amd64.$(PKG_EXT)
+PKG_DIST_SITE = https://golang.org/dl
 PKG_DIR = $(PKG_NAME)
 
-DEPENDS = native/go-1.4
-
 HOMEPAGE = https://golang.org/
 COMMENT  = Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.
 LICENSE  = BSD-style
 
-CONFIGURE_TARGET = nop
-COMPILE_TARGET = go_native_compile
+# extract only to $(WORK_DIR)
 INSTALL_TARGET = nop
 
-GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP14=$(WORK_DIR)/../../go-1.4/work-native/go
-
-include ../../mk/spksrc.native-cc.mk
-
-.PHONY: go_native_compile
-go_native_compile:
-	@$(MSG) "Building Go for host system"
-	# GO111MODULE disable go.mod per https://github.com/golang/go/issues/26996
-	cd $(WORK_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)/src && CC=gcc CXX=g++ GOOS="linux" GOHOSTARCH="amd64" GOARCH="amd64" GO111MODULE=off GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=$(GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP14) ./make.bash
+include ../../mk/spksrc.native-install.mk