diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix
index f420ceff8531..2abdc51e4c6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, bison, glibc, bash, coreutils, makeWrapper, tzdata, iana_etc
-, removeGodocExternals ? false }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, bison, glibc, bash, coreutils, makeWrapper, tzdata, iana_etc }:
 
 let
   loader386 = "${glibc}/lib/ld-linux.so.2";
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sed -i 's,/bin/pwd,'"`type -P pwd`", src/pkg/os/os_test.go
     # Disable the hostname test
     sed -i '/TestHostname/areturn' src/pkg/os/os_test.go
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString removeGodocExternals ''
-    sed -i -e '/googleapi/d' -e '/javascript">$/,+6d' lib/godoc/godoc.html 
   '';
 
   patches = [ ./cacert-1.2.patch ];