diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/goimports/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/goimports/default.nix
index 91bd207581da..2a8c897ce5ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/goimports/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/goimports/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, go, fetchurl, fetchgit, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, goPackages, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+with goPackages;
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
   rev = "7534f4943d94a318edde90212439e538ed54cdde";
   version = "git-2015-04-26";
   name = "goimports-${version}";
-
-  buildInputs = [ go ];
+  goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/tools";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     inherit rev;
@@ -14,15 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "12ybykrn92l7awav0wkx9yqpc5z0pdwwi29qs9mdr2xspx61rb50";
   };
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-    export GOPATH=$src
-    go build -v -o goimports golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
-  '';
+  subPackages = [ "cmd/goimports" ];
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    mv goimports $out/bin
-  '';
+  dontInstallSrc = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Import management tool for go";