diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.3.nix
index 8f4bd50326d..2f23698059f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.3.nix
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   installPhase = ''
     export CC=cc
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv ? cc) ''
-    # http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2013-October/011891.html
-    # Fix for "libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work"
-    # during tests:
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(dirname $(echo ${stdenv.cc.gcc}/lib/libgcc_s.so))"
-  '' + ''
     mkdir -p "$out/bin"
     export GOROOT="$(pwd)/"
     export GOBIN="$out/bin"