diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix b/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
index 84d9023209d3..647f2a2f7adc 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ let
         flags+=($buildFlags "''${buildFlagsArray[@]}")
         flags+=(''${tags:+-tags=${lib.concatStringsSep "," tags}})
         flags+=(''${ldflags:+-ldflags="$ldflags"})
-        flags+=("-v" "-p" "$NIX_BUILD_CORES")
+        flags+=("-p" "$NIX_BUILD_CORES")
 
         if [ "$cmd" = "test" ]; then
           flags+=(-vet=off)
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/go/package.nix b/pkgs/build-support/go/package.nix
index 957a65572b85..ba1ab37a0c0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/go/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/go/package.nix
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ let
         flags+=($buildFlags "''${buildFlagsArray[@]}")
         flags+=(''${tags:+-tags=${lib.concatStringsSep "," tags}})
         flags+=(''${ldflags:+-ldflags="$ldflags"})
-        flags+=("-v" "-p" "$NIX_BUILD_CORES")
+        flags+=("-p" "$NIX_BUILD_CORES")
 
         if [ "$cmd" = "test" ]; then
           flags+=(-vet=off)