diff --git a/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.7.ebuild b/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.7.ebuild
index a793488130e41..7f1ce9304e519 100644
--- a/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.7.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ IUSE="cpu_flags_x86_sse2"
 BDEPEND="|| (
 		dev-lang/go
 		dev-lang/go-bootstrap )"
-RDEPEND="!<dev-go/go-tools-0_pre20150902"
 
 # the *.syso files have writable/executable stacks
 QA_EXECSTACK='*.syso'
diff --git a/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.8.ebuild b/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.8.ebuild
index cd2ef07a58970..2178910467028 100644
--- a/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.8.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ IUSE="cpu_flags_x86_sse2"
 BDEPEND="|| (
 		dev-lang/go
 		dev-lang/go-bootstrap )"
-RDEPEND="!<dev-go/go-tools-0_pre20150902"
 
 # the *.syso files have writable/executable stacks
 QA_EXECSTACK='*.syso'
diff --git a/dev-lang/go/go-9999.ebuild b/dev-lang/go/go-9999.ebuild
index a1e1574ff8dd7..2178910467028 100644
--- a/dev-lang/go/go-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/go/go-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ IUSE="cpu_flags_x86_sse2"
 BDEPEND="|| (
 		dev-lang/go
 		dev-lang/go-bootstrap )"
-RDEPEND="!<dev-go/go-tools-0_pre20150902"
 
 # the *.syso files have writable/executable stacks
 QA_EXECSTACK='*.syso'