diff --git a/srcpkgs/go1.12-bootstrap/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/go1.12-bootstrap/INSTALL.msg
deleted file mode 100644
index 142aeabbc1b..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/go1.12-bootstrap/INSTALL.msg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-This is a copy of the official Go language toolchain binaries as provided by
-the project on its download page. Please do keep in mind that it is almost
-definitely not what you want to use and exists purely for the purpose of
-bootstrapping the official compiler package (called simply 'go').
diff --git a/srcpkgs/go1.12-bootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/go1.12-bootstrap/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 304d2053d04..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/go1.12-bootstrap/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'go1.12-bootstrap'
-pkgname=go1.12-bootstrap
-version=1.12.17
-revision=2
-archs="x86_64* i686* armv[67]l* aarch64* ppc64le*"
-short_desc="Go 1.12 (bootstrap compiler)"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
-license="BSD-3-Clause"
-homepage="https://golang.org"
-nostrip=yes
-noverifyrdeps=yes
-nocross=yes
-lib32disabled=yes
-repository=bootstrap
-
-if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
-	depends+=" gcompat"
-fi
-
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	x86_64*)
-		_dist_arch="amd64"
-		checksum="a53dd476129d496047487bfd53d021dd17e0c96895865a0e7d0469ce3db8c8d2"
-		;;
-	i686*)
-		_dist_arch="386"
-		checksum="e33fc10c0486b02a019f120996d77792d8f19aae8bfdda97350a622a65d6b824"
-		;;
-	arm*)
-		_dist_arch="armv6l"
-		checksum="a883c806fccb3eddb26da4a1a1f8536de863aee6807ed6c99606261877af7b99"
-		;;
-	aarch64*)
-		_dist_arch="arm64"
-		checksum="9d0819cce1451abdb090071880fe8771f16a3bcee71d6f6906023d17799574e2"
-		;;
-	ppc64le*)
-		_dist_arch="ppc64le"
-		checksum="dca4df132da7579c352bccd9d6f4ecb8d8d61893a84b0feffcee2bb4246114a3"
-		;;
-esac
-
-distfiles="https://dl.google.com/go/go${version}.linux-${_dist_arch}.tar.gz"
-
-do_install() {
-	vmkdir usr/lib/go1.12
-	vcopy bin usr/lib/go1.12
-	vcopy src usr/lib/go1.12
-	vcopy pkg usr/lib/go1.12
-	vlicense LICENSE
-}