diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
index 0da63fae421..ebcb3bda738 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
-  excludedPackages = "\\(tools\\|docgen\\)";
+  excludedPackages = [ "tools" "docgen" ];
 
   ldflags =
     let t = "github.com/rancher/k3d/v5/version"; in
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/tektoncd-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/tektoncd-cli/default.nix
index 9f3c046a266..df6fd8c72c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/tektoncd-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/tektoncd-cli/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   # third_party/VENDOR-LICENSE breaks build/check as go files are still included
   # docs is a tool for generating docs
-  excludedPackages = "\\(third_party\\|cmd/docs\\)";
+  excludedPackages = [ "third_party" "cmd/docs" ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     # some tests try to write to the home dir
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond/default.nix
index f26cd010944..cb52144b017 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 dclxvi
     ++ lib.optionals gui [ wrapGAppsHook ];
   tags = lib.optionals (!gui) [ "nogui" ];
-  excludedPackages = "\\(appengine\\|bn256cgo\\)";
+  excludedPackages = [ "appengine" "bn256cgo" ];
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 ''
     grep -r 'bn256' | awk -F: '{print $1}' | xargs sed -i \
       -e "s,golang.org/x/crypto/bn256,github.com/agl/pond/bn256cgo,g" \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix
index 014acc89e1f..c5074cd0377 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   rev = "210d2dc333e90c7e3eedf4f2242507a8e83ed4ab";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/tsenart/deadcode";
-  excludedPackages = "\\(cmd/fillswitch/test-fixtures\\)";
+  excludedPackages = "cmd/fillswitch/test-fixtures";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     inherit rev;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/delve/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/delve/default.nix
index 9681bfe75bd..f73d3ce0c44 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/delve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/delve/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   version = "1.8.1";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/go-delve/delve";
-  excludedPackages = "\\(_fixtures\\|scripts\\|service/test\\)";
+  excludedPackages = [ "_fixtures" "scripts" "service/test" ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "go-delve";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gauge/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/gauge/default.nix
index 1048ca19441..4a300df0577 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/gauge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/gauge/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "gauge";
   version = "1.4.3";
 
-  excludedPackages = ''\(build\|man\)'';
+  excludedPackages = [ "build" "man" ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "getgauge";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ginkgo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ginkgo/default.nix
index 6719d710392..9985d43da2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ginkgo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ginkgo/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   # integration tests expect more file changes
   # types tests are missing CodeLocation
-  excludedPackages = "\\(integration\\|types\\)";
+  excludedPackages = [ "integration" "types" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://onsi.github.io/ginkgo/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gotools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/gotools/default.nix
index 190a41d2db3..442f98ac7f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/gotools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/gotools/default.nix
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     export GOTOOLDIR=$out/bin
   '';
 
-  excludedPackages = "\\("
-    + lib.concatStringsSep "\\|" ([ "vet" "cover" ])
-    + "\\)";
+  excludedPackages = [ "vet" "cover" ];
 
   # Set GOTOOLDIR for derivations adding this to buildInputs
   postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/reftools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/reftools/default.nix
index a31108f3381..0e8371e4a01 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/reftools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/reftools/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   doCheck = false;
 
-  excludedPackages = "\\(cmd/fillswitch/test-fixtures\\)";
+  excludedPackages = "cmd/fillswitch/test-fixtures";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     inherit rev;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/grafana/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/grafana/default.nix
index 425dcdfa56c..0e62dbd7ef7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/grafana/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/grafana/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "grafana";
   version = "8.4.2";
 
-  excludedPackages = "\\(alert_webhook_listener\\|clean-swagger\\|release_publisher\\|slow_proxy\\|slow_proxy_mac\\|macaron\\)";
+  excludedPackages = [ "alert_webhook_listener" "clean-swagger" "release_publisher" "slow_proxy" "slow_proxy_mac" "macaron" ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     rev = "v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/cosign/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/cosign/default.nix
index 5bfc16718bf..f743c055464 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/cosign/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/cosign/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   vendorSha256 = "sha256-d3aOX4iMlhlxgYbqCHCIFKXunVha0Fw4ZBmy4OA6EhI=";
 
-  excludedPackages = "\\(sample\\|webhook\\|help\\)";
+  excludedPackages = [ "sample" "webhook" "help" ];
 
   tags = [] ++ lib.optionals pivKeySupport [ "pivkey" ] ++ lib.optionals pkcs11Support [ "pkcs11key" ];