diff --git a/doc/go1.8.html b/doc/go1.8.html
index d93ce9a779..1ea0188af1 100644
--- a/doc/go1.8.html
+++ b/doc/go1.8.html
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ version of gccgo.
   plugins written in Go, and a
   new <a href="/pkg/plugin/"><code>plugin</code></a> package for
   loading such plugins at run time. Plugin support is only currently
-  available on Linux and macOS.
+  available on Linux.
 </p>
 
 <h2 id="runtime">Runtime</h2>
diff --git a/doc/go1.8.txt b/doc/go1.8.txt
index e66ad387f3..caa9a728f8 100644
--- a/doc/go1.8.txt
+++ b/doc/go1.8.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ cmd/link: fix -buildmode=pie / -linkshared combination (CL 28996)
 cmd/link: for -buildmode=exe pass -no-pie to external linker (CL 33106)
 cmd/link: insert trampolines for too-far jumps on ARM (CL 29397)
 cmd/link: non-executable stack support for Solaris (CL 24142)
-cmd/link: plugin support on darwin/amd64 (CL 29394)
 cmd/link: put text at address 0x1000000 on darwin/amd64 (CL 32185)
 cmd/link: remove the -shared flag (CL 28852)
 cmd/link: split large elf text sections on ppc64x (CL 27790)
diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/test.go b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
index 1d5c9cee49..a552966b30 100644
--- a/src/cmd/dist/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
@@ -786,8 +786,7 @@ func (t *tester) supportedBuildmode(mode string) bool {
 		// linux-arm64 is missing because it causes the external linker
 		// to crash, see https://golang.org/issue/17138
 		switch pair {
-		case "linux-386", "linux-amd64", "linux-arm",
-			"darwin-amd64":
+		case "linux-386", "linux-amd64", "linux-arm":
 			return true
 		}
 		return false
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/build.go b/src/cmd/go/build.go
index 8eaa768f38..98a650918a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/build.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/build.go
@@ -413,8 +413,7 @@ func buildModeInit() {
 		} else {
 			switch platform {
 			case "linux/amd64", "linux/arm", "linux/arm64", "linux/386",
-				"android/amd64", "android/arm", "android/arm64", "android/386",
-				"darwin/amd64":
+				"android/amd64", "android/arm", "android/arm64", "android/386":
 			default:
 				fatalf("-buildmode=plugin not supported on %s\n", platform)
 			}
diff --git a/src/plugin/plugin.go b/src/plugin/plugin.go
index 5c822bd9ba..b86099a4f6 100644
--- a/src/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/src/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 // Package plugin implements loading and symbol resolution of Go plugins.
 //
-// Currently plugins only work on Linux and Darwin.
+// Currently plugins only work on Linux.
 //
 // A plugin is a Go main package with exported functions and variables that
 // has been built with: