diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
index 715607dc330b..102858beced6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = optionalString withDebug "-O1 -ggdb -DNETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS=1";
 
   postInstall = ''
-    ln -s ${go-d-plugin.bin}/lib/netdata/conf.d/* $out/lib/netdata/conf.d
-    ln -s ${go-d-plugin.bin}/bin/godplugin $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/go.d.plugin
+    ln -s ${go-d-plugin}/lib/netdata/conf.d/* $out/lib/netdata/conf.d
+    ln -s ${go-d-plugin}/bin/godplugin $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/go.d.plugin
   '' + optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) ''
     # rename this plugin so netdata will look for setuid wrapper
     mv $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin \
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/deps.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 10d933c5a568..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,534 +0,0 @@
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-  }
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/go.d.plugin.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/go.d.plugin.nix
index 9fa272236b85..cada1eb65c3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/go.d.plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/go.d.plugin.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoPackage }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoModule }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "netdata-go.d.plugin";
-  version = "0.15.0";
+  version = "0.18.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "netdata";
     repo = "go.d.plugin";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0v732mndhgrbqiwsdndqd08pvgbvl4ffn5rqbyv7iw1dwwr08f67";
+    sha256 = "15h4075lwqh58ssdgyq34jj8r4dga0sz7h18dzy4nir75p8a0s7b";
   };
 
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/netdata/go.d.plugin";
+  modSha256 = "1386qhk1yr47h7qv15k0abc8mfif96pqapw0v4wrf3pl1z9mzl2n";
+
+  buildFlagsArray = [ "-ldflags=-s -w -X main.version=${version}" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $bin/lib/netdata/conf.d
-    cp -r go/src/${goPackagePath}/config/* $bin/lib/netdata/conf.d
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/netdata/conf.d
+    cp -r config/* $out/lib/netdata/conf.d
   '';
 
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Netdata orchestrator for data collection modules written in go";
     homepage = "https://github.com/netdata/go.d.plugin";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.lethalman ];
   };
 }