diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/deis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/deis/default.nix
index 5c76fc69ac3a..599353fb6d3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/deis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/deis/default.nix
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1qv9lxqx7m18029lj8cw3k7jngvxs4iciwrypdy0gd2nnghc68sw";
   };
 
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+  preBuild = ''
+    export GOPATH=$GOPATH:$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/src/${goPackagePath}/Godeps/_workspace
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/deis/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/deis/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a1b30a7e662..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/deis/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-      rev = "a83829b6f1293c91addabc89d0571c246397bbf4";
-      sha256 = "1m4dsmk90sbi17571h6pld44zxz7jc4lrnl4f27dpd1l8g5xvjhh";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/docopt/docopt-go";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/docopt/docopt-go";
-      rev = "784ddc588536785e7299f7272f39101f7faccc3f";
-      sha256 = "0wwz48jl9fvl1iknvn9dqr4gfy1qs03gxaikrxxp9gry6773v3sj";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/crypto";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/crypto";
-      rev = "575fdbe86e5dd89229707ebec0575ce7d088a4a6";
-      sha256 = "1kgv1mkw9y404pk3lcwbs0vgl133mwyp294i18jg9hp10s5d56xa";
-    };
-  }
-]