diff --git a/go/private/actions/stdlib.bzl b/go/private/actions/stdlib.bzl
index 2ca42814ec..0069aa062b 100644
--- a/go/private/actions/stdlib.bzl
+++ b/go/private/actions/stdlib.bzl
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ def _build_stdlib_list_json(go):
 
 def _build_env(go):
     env = go.env
+    env["GOROOT"] = go.sdk.root_file.dirname
 
     if go.mode.pure:
         env.update({"CGO_ENABLED": "0"})
diff --git a/go/private/context.bzl b/go/private/context.bzl
index c2b459f580..a86cb4c909 100644
--- a/go/private/context.bzl
+++ b/go/private/context.bzl
@@ -524,7 +524,6 @@ def go_context(
         "GOARCH": mode.goarch,
         "GOOS": mode.goos,
         "GOEXPERIMENT": toolchain.sdk.experiments,
-        "GOROOT": goroot,
         "GOROOT_FINAL": "GOROOT",
         "CGO_ENABLED": "0" if mode.pure else "1",
 
diff --git a/go/tools/builders/env.go b/go/tools/builders/env.go
index 2058214ecd..f1335509c4 100644
--- a/go/tools/builders/env.go
+++ b/go/tools/builders/env.go
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ func (e *env) checkFlagsAndSetGoroot() error {
 	if e.sdk == "" {
 		return errors.New("-sdk was not set")
 	}
-	if e.goroot != "" {
-		err := os.Setenv("GOROOT", e.goroot)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
 	return nil
 }