diff --git a/srcpkgs/thefuck/template b/srcpkgs/thefuck/template
index 98ae9dc2368..29704030c8d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thefuck/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/thefuck/template
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-colorama python3-decorator python3-psutil python3-pyte
  python3-requests"
-checkdepends="python3-colorama python3-decorator python3-psutil python3-pyte
- python3-pytest-mock python3-requests go"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest-mock $depends"
 short_desc="Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -15,6 +14,12 @@ homepage="https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck"
 distfiles="https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=dd2e7bc94e9453beabbafc10c4d62c67601ea705250103a67ababcdad2991dd3
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	# archs where go is available - the test suite uses it
+	x86_64*|i686*|armv[67]*|aarch64*|ppc64le*) checkdepends+=" go" ;;
+	*) make_check=no ;;
+esac
+
 do_check() {
 	# on python3 mock is unittest.mock
 	sed -i 's|from mock|from unittest.mock|g' tests/**.py