diff --git a/update_chroot b/update_chroot
index 7bf4570..fceeb2e 100755
--- a/update_chroot
+++ b/update_chroot
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
   # process only takes place when the chromiumos sdk builder finishes
   # a successful build.
   EMERGE_FLAGS+=(
-    --useoldpkg-atoms=dev-lang/go
     --useoldpkg-atoms=sys-devel/binutils
     --useoldpkg-atoms=sys-devel/clang
     --useoldpkg-atoms=sys-devel/gcc