diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
index 5b6af31d684f..273d768ce21f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
            else throw "Unsupported system";
   GOARM = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.system == "armv5tel-linux") "5";
   GO386 = 387; # from Arch: don't assume sse2 on i686
-  CGO_ENABLED = 1;
+  CGO_ENABLED = 0;
 
   # The go build actually checks for CC=*/clang and does something different, so we don't
   # just want the generic `cc` here.