diff --git a/nix/status-go/library/default.nix b/nix/status-go/library/default.nix
index 049a5ea9c4..3cda15cdd6 100644
--- a/nix/status-go/library/default.nix
+++ b/nix/status-go/library/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ buildGoPackage {
   # Build the Go library
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
-    go build -buildmode=c-archive -o $out/libstatus.a $NIX_BUILD_TOP/main.go
+    go build \
+      -buildmode='c-archive' \
+      -tags='gowaku_skip_migrations' \
+      -o "$out/libstatus.a" \
+      $NIX_BUILD_TOP/main.go
     runHook postBuild
   '';
 }
diff --git a/nix/status-go/mobile/build.nix b/nix/status-go/mobile/build.nix
index 3dbd0e1e54..ffd1d64470 100644
--- a/nix/status-go/mobile/build.nix
+++ b/nix/status-go/mobile/build.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 let
   inherit (lib) concatStringsSep optionalString optional;
+  isIOS = platform == "ios";
+  isAndroid = platform == "android";
+
 in buildGoPackage {
   pname = source.repo;
   version = "${source.cleanVersion}-${source.shortRev}-${platform}";
@@ -20,30 +23,32 @@ in buildGoPackage {
 
   # Sandbox causes Xcode issues on MacOS. Requires sandbox=relaxed.
   # https://github.com/status-im/status-mobile/pull/13912
-  __noChroot = (platform == "ios");
+  __noChroot = isIOS;
 
   extraSrcPaths = [ gomobile ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gomobile removeReferencesTo ]
-    ++ optional (platform == "android") openjdk
-    ++ optional (platform == "ios") xcodeWrapper;
+    ++ optional isAndroid openjdk
+    ++ optional isIOS xcodeWrapper;
 
   ldflags = concatStringsSep " " goBuildLdFlags;
 
-  ANDROID_HOME = optionalString (platform == "android") androidPkgs.sdk;
+  ANDROID_HOME = optionalString isAndroid androidPkgs.sdk;
 
   # Ensure XCode is present for iOS, instead of failing at the end of the build.
-  preConfigure = optionalString (platform == "ios") utils.enforceXCodeAvailable;
+  preConfigure = optionalString isIOS utils.enforceXCodeAvailable;
 
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
     echo -e "\nBuilding $pname for: ${concatStringsSep "," targets}"
 
+    set -x
     gomobile bind \
       ${concatStringsSep " " goBuildFlags} \
       -ldflags="$ldflags" \
       -target=${concatStringsSep "," targets} \
-      ${optionalString (platform == "android") "-androidapi=${platformVersion}"} \
-      ${optionalString (platform == "ios") "-iosversion=${platformVersion}"} \
+      ${optionalString isAndroid "-androidapi=${platformVersion}" } \
+      ${optionalString isIOS "-iosversion=${platformVersion}" } \
+     -tags='${optionalString isIOS "nowatchdog"} gowaku_skip_migrations' \
       -o ${outputFileName} \
       ${source.goPackagePath}/mobile
 
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ in buildGoPackage {
   # Drop govers from disallowedReferences.
   dontRenameImports = true;
   # Replace hardcoded paths to go package in /nix/store.
-  preFixup = optionalString (platform == "ios") ''
+  preFixup = optionalString isIOS ''
     find $out -type f -exec \
       remove-references-to -t $disallowedReferences '{}' + || true
   '';
diff --git a/status-go-version.json b/status-go-version.json
index 00537c7357..a519cccd0b 100644
--- a/status-go-version.json
+++ b/status-go-version.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "_comment": "Instead use: scripts/update-status-go.sh <rev>",
     "owner": "status-im",
     "repo": "status-go",
-    "version": "bfab85f73bfa727db5b6e8078f9ce9ec191161ca",
-    "commit-sha1": "bfab85f73bfa727db5b6e8078f9ce9ec191161ca",
-    "src-sha256": "184zcv531cgwdg7zr7ryav7w9qwd90jgqb9nmmhy4l2pmcm1mlc9"
+    "version": "91aac3cec0c1d74f09cf8d108105ba311552723d",
+    "commit-sha1": "91aac3cec0c1d74f09cf8d108105ba311552723d",
+    "src-sha256": "0j9vl7alb4rf3zk0bak12s3bdfwgih4fq9yaw7wkinmz03rqx2wg"
 }