diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
index 4a84c622a73e..e4872597e79c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./remove-fhs-test-references.patch
     ./skip-external-network-tests.patch
     ./skip-nohup-tests.patch
+    # breaks under load: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/25628
     ./skip-test-extra-files-on-386.patch
   ];