diff --git a/makefiles/targets.mk b/makefiles/targets.mk
index 2072ffd..c6a0c17 100644
--- a/makefiles/targets.mk
+++ b/makefiles/targets.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except
 # according to those terms.
 
-.PHONY: deps-common sanity-checks nat-libs libminiupnpc.a libnatpmp.a clean-common mrproper github-ssh build-nim update-common update-remote status go-checks ntags ctags fetch-dlls
+.PHONY: deps-common sanity-checks nat-libs libminiupnpc.a libnatpmp.a clean-common mrproper github-ssh build-nim update-common update-remote status ntags ctags fetch-dlls
 
 #- when the special ".SILENT" target is present, all recipes are silenced as if they all had a "@" prefix
 #- by setting SILENT_TARGET_PREFIX to a non-empty value, the name of this target becomes meaningless to `make`
@@ -102,22 +102,6 @@ status: | $(REPOS)
 	$(eval CMD := $(GIT_STATUS))
 	$(RUN_CMD_IN_ALL_REPOS)
 
-MIN_GO_VER := 1.12
-DISABLE_GO_CHECKS := 0
-go-checks:
-ifeq ($(DISABLE_GO_CHECKS), 0)
-	which go &>/dev/null || { echo "Go compiler not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
-	GO_VER="$$(go version | sed -E 's/^.*go([0-9.]+).*$$/\1/')"; \
-	       [[ $$(echo -e "$${GO_VER}\n$(MIN_GO_VER)" | sort -t '.' -k 1,1 -k 2,2 -g | head -n 1) == "$(MIN_GO_VER)" ]] || \
-	       { echo "Minimum Go compiler version required: $(MIN_GO_VER). Version available: $$GO_VER. Aborting."; exit 1; }
-endif
-
-vendor/go/bin/p2pd: | go-checks
-	echo -e $(BUILD_MSG) "$@" && \
-		cd vendor/go/src/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-daemon && \
-		$(ENV_SCRIPT) go get ./... $(HANDLE_OUTPUT) && \
-		$(ENV_SCRIPT) go install ./... $(HANDLE_OUTPUT)
-
 # https://bitbucket.org/nimcontrib/ntags/ - currently fails with "out of memory"
 ntags:
 	ntags -R .