diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/gocovsh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/go/gocovsh/package.nix
index 8662e1176329b..eecc843a5568a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/go/gocovsh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/gocovsh/package.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  testers,
-  gocovsh, # self
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -26,7 +25,9 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     "-X main.date=19700101T000000Z"
   ];
 
-  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = gocovsh; };
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "--version" ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
     description = "Go Coverage in your terminal: a tool for exploring Go Coverage reports from the command line";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/golds/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/go/golds/package.nix
index dee5d2a7b72b6..83f4aaa0ae7ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/go/golds/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/golds/package.nix
@@ -2,19 +2,18 @@
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  testers,
-  golds, # self
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "golds";
-  version = "0.7.1";
+  version = "0.7.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "go101";
     repo = "golds";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-6YkyKJtSAFFYidMlZXSjNpjyIIaTlibg/QMMin/NbU0=";
+    hash = "sha256-ExvCVGWYAngasnDHVzBLeLmms4cFNcQ/KzuE4t3r36A=";
   };
 
   # nixpkgs is not using the go distpack archive and missing a VERSION file in the source
@@ -26,10 +25,9 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   ldflags = [ "-s" ];
 
-  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-    package = golds;
-    version = "v${version}";
-  };
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "--version" ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
     description = "Experimental Go local docs server/generator and code reader implemented with some fresh ideas";