diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/go_req.go b/cmd/ipfs/go_req.go
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index 2d5929c63..000000000
--- a/cmd/ipfs/go_req.go
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// +build !go1.5
-
-`IPFS needs to be built with go version 1.5 or greater`