diff --git a/derivation.nix b/derivation.nix
index fb49dc6624..48b9247af1 100644
--- a/derivation.nix
+++ b/derivation.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ with pkgs;
     # TODO: Try to use stdenv for iOS. The problem is with building iOS as the build is trying to pass parameters to Apple's ld that are meant for GNU's ld (e.g. -dynamiclib)
     _stdenv = stdenvNoCC;
     statusDesktop = callPackage ./nix/desktop { inherit target-os; stdenv = _stdenv; };
-    statusMobile = callPackage ./nix/mobile { inherit target-os config status-go; stdenv = _stdenv; };
+    statusMobile = callPackage ./nix/mobile { inherit target-os config; status-go = status-go.package; stdenv = _stdenv; };
     status-go = callPackage ./nix/status-go { inherit (xcodeenv) composeXcodeWrapper; inherit (statusMobile) xcodewrapperArgs; androidPkgs = statusMobile.androidComposition; };
     nodejs' = pkgs.nodejs-10_x;
     yarn' = yarn.override { nodejs = nodejs'; };
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ with pkgs;
       maven
       watchman
 
-      status-go
+      status-go.package
     ] ++ nodePkgBuildInputs
       ++ lib.optional isDarwin cocoapods
       ++ lib.optional (!isDarwin) gcc7
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ with pkgs;
       ++ lib.optionals targetMobile statusMobile.buildInputs;
     shellHook =
       status-go.shellHook +
-      ''
-        export STATUS_GO_INCLUDEDIR=${status-go}/include
-        export STATUS_GO_LIBDIR=${status-go}/lib
-        export STATUS_GO_BINDIR=${status-go.bin}/bin
-      '' +
       lib.optionalString targetDesktop statusDesktop.shellHook +
       lib.optionalString targetMobile statusMobile.shellHook;
     hardeningDisable = status-go.hardeningDisable;
diff --git a/nix/status-go/default.nix b/nix/status-go/default.nix
index d776788aa6..e455d50be2 100644
--- a/nix/status-go/default.nix
+++ b/nix/status-go/default.nix
@@ -62,94 +62,104 @@ let
   goBuildFlags = "-v";
   goBuildLdFlags = "-ldflags=-s";
   xcodeWrapper = composeXcodeWrapper xcodewrapperArgs;
+  status-go = buildGoPackage rec {
+    inherit goPackagePath version rev;
+    name = "${repo}-${version}";
 
-in buildGoPackage rec {
-  inherit goPackagePath version rev;
-  name = "${repo}-${version}";
+    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub { inherit rev owner repo sha256; };
 
-  src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub { inherit rev owner repo sha256; };
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ gomobile openjdk ]
+      ++ lib.optional isDarwin xcodeWrapper;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ gomobile openjdk ]
-    ++ lib.optional isDarwin xcodeWrapper;
+    # Fixes Cgo related build failures (see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/25959 )
+    hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
 
-  # Fixes Cgo related build failures (see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/25959 )
-  hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
+    # gomobile doesn't seem to be able to pass -ldflags with multiple values correctly to go build, so we just patch files here  
+    patchPhase = ''
+      date=$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d.%H:%M:%S')
 
-  # gomobile doesn't seem to be able to pass -ldflags with multiple values correctly to go build, so we just patch files here  
-  patchPhase = ''
-    date=$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d.%H:%M:%S')
+      substituteInPlace cmd/statusd/main.go --replace \
+        "buildStamp = \"N/A\"" \
+        "buildStamp = \"$date\""
+      substituteInPlace params/version.go --replace \
+        "var Version string" \
+        "var Version string = \"${version}\""
+      substituteInPlace params/version.go --replace \
+        "var GitCommit string" \
+        "var GitCommit string = \"${rev}\""
+      substituteInPlace vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics/metrics.go --replace \
+        "var EnabledStr = \"false\"" \
+        "var EnabledStr = \"true\""
+    '';
 
-    substituteInPlace cmd/statusd/main.go --replace \
-      "buildStamp = \"N/A\"" \
-      "buildStamp = \"$date\""
-    substituteInPlace params/version.go --replace \
-      "var Version string" \
-      "var Version string = \"${version}\""
-    substituteInPlace params/version.go --replace \
-      "var GitCommit string" \
-      "var GitCommit string = \"${rev}\""
-    substituteInPlace vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics/metrics.go --replace \
-      "var EnabledStr = \"false\"" \
-      "var EnabledStr = \"true\""
-  '';
+    # we print out the version so that we fail fast in case there's any problem running xcrun, instead of failing at the end of the build
+    preConfigure = lib.optionalString isDarwin ''
+      xcrun xcodebuild -version
+    '';
 
-  # we print out the version so that we fail fast in case there's any problem running xcrun, instead of failing at the end of the build
-  preConfigure = lib.optionalString isDarwin ''
-    xcrun xcodebuild -version
-  '';
+    buildPhase = ''
+      runHook preBuild
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
+      runHook renameImports
 
-    runHook renameImports
+      pushd "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/src/${goPackagePath}" >/dev/null
 
-    pushd "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/src/${goPackagePath}" >/dev/null
-
-    echo
-    echo "Building desktop library"
-    echo
-    #GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build ${goBuildFlags} -buildmode=c-archive -o $out/${desktopOutputFileName} ./lib
-    go build -o $out/${desktopOutputFileName} ${goBuildFlags} -buildmode=c-archive ${goBuildLdFlags} ./lib
-
-    # Build command-line tools
-    for name in ./cmd/*; do
       echo
-      echo "Building $name"
+      echo "Building desktop library"
       echo
-  	  go install ${goBuildFlags} $name
-    done
+      #GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build ${goBuildFlags} -buildmode=c-archive -o $out/${desktopOutputFileName} ./lib
+      go build -o $out/${desktopOutputFileName} ${goBuildFlags} -buildmode=c-archive ${goBuildLdFlags} ./lib
 
-    popd >/dev/null
+      # Build command-line tools
+      for name in ./cmd/*; do
+        echo
+        echo "Building $name"
+        echo
+        go install ${goBuildFlags} $name
+      done
 
-    # Build mobile libraries
-    # TODO: Manage to pass -s -w to -ldflags. Seems to only accept a single flag
-    ${mobileBuildScript}
+      popd >/dev/null
 
-    runHook postBuild
-  '';
+      # Build mobile libraries
+      # TODO: Manage to pass -s -w to -ldflags. Seems to only accept a single flag
+      ${mobileBuildScript}
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $bin
-    cp -r "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/bin/" $bin
-   
-    ${mobileInstallScript}
+      runHook postBuild
+    '';
 
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/${desktopSystem} $out/include
-    mv $out/${desktopOutputFileName} $out/lib/${desktopSystem}
-    mv $out/libstatus.h $out/include
-  '';
+    postInstall = ''
+      mkdir -p $bin
+      cp -r "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/bin/" $bin
 
-  # remove hardcoded paths to go package in /nix/store, otherwise Nix will fail the build
-  preFixup = ''
-    find $out -type f -exec ${removeExpr removeReferences} '{}' + || true
-  '';
+      ${mobileInstallScript}
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "bin" ];
+      mkdir -p $out/lib/${desktopSystem} $out/include
+      mv $out/${desktopOutputFileName} $out/lib/${desktopSystem}
+      mv $out/libstatus.h $out/include
+    '';
 
-  meta = {
-    description = "The Status module that consumes go-ethereum.";
-    license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pombeirp ];
-    platforms = with lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
+    # remove hardcoded paths to go package in /nix/store, otherwise Nix will fail the build
+    preFixup = ''
+      find $out -type f -exec ${removeExpr removeReferences} '{}' + || true
+    '';
+
+    outputs = [ "out" "bin" ];
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "The Status module that consumes go-ethereum.";
+      license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pombeirp ];
+      platforms = with lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
+    };
   };
+
+in {
+  package = status-go;
+  hardeningDisable = status-go.hardeningDisable;
+  shellHook =
+    ''
+      export STATUS_GO_INCLUDEDIR=${status-go}/include
+      export STATUS_GO_LIBDIR=${status-go}/lib
+      export STATUS_GO_BINDIR=${status-go.bin}/bin
+    '';
 }