diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/default.nix
index e106eb7ff66..60e8631249f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/default.nix
@@ -1,60 +1,45 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, go-bindata }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 let
-  version = "1.6.4";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   # TODO: must build the extension instead of downloading it. But since it's
   # literally an asset that is indifferent regardless of the platform, this
   # might be just enough.
   webext = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/releases/download/v${version}/browsh-${version}-an.fx.xpi";
-    sha256 = "1shf1s9s525wns5vrsc4ns21zjxm1si43lx6v0q8ma6vd5x5445l";
+    url = "https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/releases/download/v${version}/browsh-${version}.xpi";
+    sha256 = "sha256-12xWbf4ngYHWLKV9yyxyi0Ny/zHSj2o7Icats+Ef+pA=";
   };
 
-in buildGoPackage rec {
+in
+
+buildGoModule rec {
   inherit version;
 
   pname = "browsh";
 
-  goPackagePath = "browsh";
+  sourceRoot = "source/interfacer";
 
-  # further go package dependencies are defined in deps.nix, see line below.
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "browsh-org";
     repo = "browsh";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0gvf5k1gm81xxg7ha309kgfkgl5357dli0fbc4z01rmfgbl0rfa0";
+    sha256 = "sha256-/tH1w6qi+rimsqtk8Y8AYljU3X4vbmoDtV07piWSBdw=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ go-bindata ];
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-eCvV3UuM/JtCgMqvwvqWF3bpOmPSos5Pfhu6ETaS58c=";
 
-  # embed the web extension in a go file and place it where it's supposed to
-  # be. See
-  # https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/blob/v1.5.0/interfacer/contrib/xpi2bin.sh
   preBuild = ''
-    xpiprefix="$(mktemp -d)"
-    cp "${webext}" "$xpiprefix/browsh.xpi"
-    go-bindata \
-      -prefix "$xpiprefix" \
-      -pkg browsh \
-      -o "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/src/${goPackagePath}/interfacer/src/browsh/webextension.go" \
-      "$xpiprefix/browsh.xpi"
-
-    sed \
-      -e 's:Asset("/browsh.xpi"):Asset("browsh.xpi"):g' \
-      -i "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/src/${goPackagePath}/interfacer/src/browsh/firefox.go"
+    cp "${webext}" src/browsh/browsh.xpi
   '';
 
-  postBuild = ''
-    mv "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/bin/src" "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/bin/browsh"
-  '';
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+  # Tests require network access
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers";
     homepage = "https://www.brow.sh/";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.kalbasit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit siraben ];
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/deps.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 12154af752d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/browsh/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,264 +0,0 @@
-# file generated from Gopkg.lock using dep2nix (https://github.com/nixcloud/dep2nix)
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler";
-      rev =  "dd0439581c7657cb652dfe5c71d7d48baf39541d";
-      sha256 = "0rhrjlw220hnymzfccm0yir3pc9dpj7h3gwzhzq2cbsb3hhsqvyy";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify";
-      rev =  "c2828203cd70a50dcccfb2761f8b1f8ceef9a8e9";
-      sha256 = "07va9crci0ijlivbb7q57d2rz9h27zgn2fsm60spjsqpdbvyrx4g";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/gdamore/encoding";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/gdamore/encoding";
-      rev =  "6289cdc94c00ac4aa177771c5fce7af2f96b626d";
-      sha256 = "1vmm5zll92i2fm4ajqx0gyx0p9j36496x5nabi3y0x7h0inv0pk9";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/gdamore/tcell";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/gdamore/tcell";
-      rev =  "b5d0c1ac570211e469f43ff88c0c6aa4b56cc99a";
-      sha256 = "0g2zfbgyk3djlk0qpmrgcyy0ba9ad932yswpaacswi21qyf9gwag";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/go-errors/errors";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/go-errors/errors";
-      rev =  "a6af135bd4e28680facf08a3d206b454abc877a4";
-      sha256 = "0rznpknk19rxkr7li6dqs52c26pjazp69lh493l4ny4sxn5922lp";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/gorilla/websocket";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/gorilla/websocket";
-      rev =  "66b9c49e59c6c48f0ffce28c2d8b8a5678502c6d";
-      sha256 = "00i4vb31nsfkzzk7swvx3i75r2d960js3dri1875vypk3v2s0pzk";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/hashicorp/hcl";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl";
-      rev =  "8cb6e5b959231cc1119e43259c4a608f9c51a241";
-      sha256 = "0q6ml0qqs0yil76mpn4mdx4lp94id8vbv575qm60jzl1ijcl5i66";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/hpcloud/tail";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/hpcloud/tail";
-      rev =  "a30252cb686a21eb2d0b98132633053ec2f7f1e5";
-      sha256 = "1njpzc0pi1acg5zx9y6vj9xi6ksbsc5d387rd6904hy6rh2m6kn0";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful";
-      rev =  "30298f24079860c4dee452fdef6519b362a4a026";
-      sha256 = "0fig06880bvk1l92j4127v4x9sar4ds7ga8959gxxghb2w70b7l2";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/magiconair/properties";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/magiconair/properties";
-      rev =  "de8848e004dd33dc07a2947b3d76f618a7fc7ef1";
-      sha256 = "19zqw1x0w0crh8zc84yy82nkcc5yjz72gviaf2xjgfm5a8np7nyb";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/mattn/go-runewidth";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/mattn/go-runewidth";
-      rev =  "3ee7d812e62a0804a7d0a324e0249ca2db3476d3";
-      sha256 = "00b3ssm7wiqln3k54z2wcnxr3k3c7m1ybyhb9h8ixzbzspld0qzs";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure";
-      rev =  "3536a929edddb9a5b34bd6861dc4a9647cb459fe";
-      sha256 = "03bpv28jz9zhn4947saqwi328ydj7f6g6pf1m2d4m5zdh5jlfkrr";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/onsi/ginkgo";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo";
-      rev =  "eea6ad008b96acdaa524f5b409513bf062b500ad";
-      sha256 = "1326s5fxgasdpz1qqwrw4n5p3k0vz44msnyz14knrhlw5l97lx33";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/onsi/gomega";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/onsi/gomega";
-      rev =  "90e289841c1ed79b7a598a7cd9959750cb5e89e2";
-      sha256 = "1n7i4hksdgv410m43v2sw14bl5vy59dkp6nlw5l76nibbh37syr9";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/pelletier/go-toml";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml";
-      rev =  "728039f679cbcd4f6a54e080d2219a4c4928c546";
-      sha256 = "1v76s3vds0i9dxaha4ikd6xjm7vqqfk6sy9l6jc2lsvmj99d5sy6";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/pkg/errors";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/pkg/errors";
-      rev =  "ba968bfe8b2f7e042a574c888954fccecfa385b4";
-      sha256 = "0g5qcb4d4fd96midz0zdk8b9kz8xkzwfa8kr1cliqbg8sxsy5vd1";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/shibukawa/configdir";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/shibukawa/configdir";
-      rev =  "e180dbdc8da04c4fa04272e875ce64949f38bd3e";
-      sha256 = "0vbma9jkwh0ifz8dk2ssgmy7aiaify63lpa0lah7i4dkkxr94c9z";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/spf13/afero";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/afero";
-      rev =  "588a75ec4f32903aa5e39a2619ba6a4631e28424";
-      sha256 = "0j9r65qgd58324m85lkl49vk9dgwd62g7dwvkfcm3k6i9dc555a9";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/spf13/cast";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/cast";
-      rev =  "8c9545af88b134710ab1cd196795e7f2388358d7";
-      sha256 = "0xq1ffqj8y8h7dcnm0m9lfrh0ga7pssnn2c1dnr09chqbpn4bdc5";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman";
-      rev =  "94f6ae3ed3bceceafa716478c5fbf8d29ca601a1";
-      sha256 = "1ywmkwci5zyd88ijym6f30fj5c0k2yayxarkmnazf5ybljv50q7b";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/spf13/pflag";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/pflag";
-      rev =  "298182f68c66c05229eb03ac171abe6e309ee79a";
-      sha256 = "1cj3cjm7d3zk0mf1xdybh0jywkbbw7a6yr3y22x9sis31scprswd";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/spf13/viper";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/viper";
-      rev =  "b5bf975e5823809fb22c7644d008757f78a4259e";
-      sha256 = "1zpzxvn13wpvbblbbn73svaq39zgxfjqhci9d68g3qf309pcfy19";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "github.com/ulule/limiter";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/ulule/limiter";
-      rev =  "38b2a440be905c8be884fd5e114dc893a64e5d81";
-      sha256 = "0sbbfz9k3m2hf45cx7y7xshsr3rac495lks9ciwmnrzsnxfdh3l5";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "golang.org/x/net";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/net";
-      rev =  "461777fb6f67e8cb9d70cda16573678d085a74cf";
-      sha256 = "0sc0llch05q6h7nqgayi3sgismsznpnlsz4gh89y4klpymdcpbh2";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "golang.org/x/sys";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/sys";
-      rev =  "93c9922d18aeb82498a065f07aec7ad7fa60dfb7";
-      sha256 = "0hv96nwbv0li3nrv43ldfzmf12yrrbji2cf8n44iibv8ps5kfssx";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "golang.org/x/text";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/text";
-      rev =  "342b2e1fbaa52c93f31447ad2c6abc048c63e475";
-      sha256 = "0flv9idw0jm5nm8lx25xqanbkqgfiym6619w575p7nrdh0riqwqh";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify";
-      rev =  "c2828203cd70a50dcccfb2761f8b1f8ceef9a8e9";
-      sha256 = "07va9crci0ijlivbb7q57d2rz9h27zgn2fsm60spjsqpdbvyrx4g";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "gopkg.in/tomb.v1";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/go-tomb/tomb";
-      rev =  "dd632973f1e7218eb1089048e0798ec9ae7dceb8";
-      sha256 = "1lqmq1ag7s4b3gc3ddvr792c5xb5k6sfn0cchr3i2s7f1c231zjv";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath  = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml";
-      rev =  "51d6538a90f86fe93ac480b35f37b2be17fef232";
-      sha256 = "01wj12jzsdqlnidpyjssmj0r4yavlqy7dwrg7adqd8dicjc4ncsa";
-    };
-  }
-]