diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md
index 86dfeff610..ddb9bec934 100644
--- a/Manual.md
+++ b/Manual.md
@@ -914,12 +914,11 @@ that do such things as append (`+=`) to variables, should have `make_use_env`
 set in the body of the template.
 
 - `go` For programs written in Go that follow the standard package
-  structure. The variable `go_import_path` must be set to the package's
-  import path, e.g. `github.com/github/hub` for the `hub` program. If
-  the variable `go_get` is set to `yes`, the package will be
-  downloaded with `go get`. Otherwise (the default) it's expected that
-  the distfile contains the package. In both cases, dependencies will
-  be downloaded with `go get`.
+structure. The variable `go_import_path` must be set to the package's
+import path, e.g. `github.com/github/hub` for the `hub` program. This
+information can be found in the `go.mod` file for modern Go projects.
+It's expected that the distfile contains the package, but dependencies
+will be downloaded with `go get`.
 
 - `meta` For `meta-packages`, i.e packages that only install local files or simply
 depend on additional packages. This build style does not install
@@ -1585,10 +1584,6 @@ The following template variables influence how Go packages are built:
   variable is required.
 - `go_package`: A space-separated list of import paths of the packages
   that should be built. Defaults to `go_import_path`.
-- `go_get`: If set to yes, the package specified via `go_import_path`
-  will be downloaded with `go get`. Otherwise, a distfile has to be
-  provided. This option should only be used with `-git` (or similar)
-  packages; using a versioned distfile is preferred.
 - `go_build_tags`: An optional, space-separated list of build tags to
   pass to Go.
 - `go_mod_mode`: The module download mode to use. May be `off` to ignore
diff --git a/common/build-style/go.sh b/common/build-style/go.sh
index c9f476b95c..d18116ee96 100644
--- a/common/build-style/go.sh
+++ b/common/build-style/go.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ do_configure() {
 	if [ "${go_mod_mode}" != "off" ] && [ -f go.mod ]; then
 		# Skip GOPATH symlink for Go modules
 		msg_normal "Building $pkgname using Go modules.\n"
-	elif [ "${go_get}" != "yes" ]; then
+	else
 		mkdir -p ${GOSRCPATH%/*}/
 		ln -fs "$PWD" "${GOSRCPATH}"
 	fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/doctl/template b/srcpkgs/doctl/template
index 926126ac0e..a8bff28abc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/doctl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/doctl/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path="github.com/digitalocean/doctl/cmd/doctl"
 go_build_tags="v${version}"
-go_get="no"
 short_desc="Command line tool for DigitalOcean services"
 maintainer="Benjamín Albiñana <benalb@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/goimapnotify/template b/srcpkgs/goimapnotify/template
index 3e4bd5edfc..2c045c337f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/goimapnotify/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/goimapnotify/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=2.0
 revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path="gitlab.com/shackra/goimapnotify"
-go_get="no"
 hostmakedepends="git"
 short_desc="Execute scripts on IMAP idle notifications (Go version)"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"