diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/gvisor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/gvisor/default.nix
index cf6f2102e6a..950a4ad9327 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/gvisor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/gvisor/default.nix
@@ -120,5 +120,8 @@ in buildBazelPackage rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ andrew-d ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    # The version we have right now does not compile with go 1.17
+    # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/174003 if you want to upgrade gvisor
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aaa0a3253c3..62cec1c8974 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26896,9 +26896,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gv = callPackage ../applications/misc/gv { };
 
-  gvisor = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/gvisor {
-    go = go_1_16;
-  };
+  gvisor = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/gvisor { };
 
   gvisor-containerd-shim = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/gvisor/containerd-shim.nix { };