diff --git a/syntax_checkers/go.vim b/syntax_checkers/go.vim
index b48d07d5..8270915f 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/go.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/go.vim
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ if exists("loaded_go_syntax_checker")
 endif
 let loaded_go_syntax_checker = 1
 
-let s:supported_checkers = ["go", "6g", "gofmt"]
+let s:supported_checkers = ["go", "gofmt"]
 call SyntasticLoadChecker(s:supported_checkers, 'go')
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/go/6g.vim b/syntax_checkers/go/6g.vim
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a4249ed..00000000
--- a/syntax_checkers/go/6g.vim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-"============================================================================
-"File:        6g.vim
-"Description: Syntax checking plugin for syntastic.vim
-"Maintainer:  Sam Nguyen <samxnguyen@gmail.com>
-"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
-"             to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
-"             it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
-"             Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
-"             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
-"
-"============================================================================
-function! SyntaxCheckers_go_GetLocList()
-    let makeprg = '6g -o /dev/null %'
-    let errorformat = '%E%f:%l: %m'
-
-    return SyntasticMake({ 'makeprg': makeprg, 'errorformat': errorformat })
-endfunction