diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
index 1ff61a6041a2..0cb03b3cbfb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
 let
   isGo14 = go.meta.branch == "1.4";
 
+  self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
+
+  inherit go buildGoPackage;
+
   buildFromGitHub = { rev, date ? null, owner, repo, sha256, name ? repo, goPackagePath ? "github.com/${owner}/${repo}", ... }@args: buildGoPackage (args // {
     inherit rev goPackagePath;
     name = "${name}-${if date != null then date else if builtins.stringLength rev != 40 then rev else stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";
     src  = fetchFromGitHub { inherit rev owner repo sha256; };
   });
 
-  self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
-
-  inherit go buildGoPackage;
-
   ## OFFICIAL GO PACKAGES
 
   crypto = buildFromGitHub {