diff --git a/src/runtime/extern.go b/src/runtime/extern.go
index 48e1e6603b..1c70e8a361 100644
--- a/src/runtime/extern.go
+++ b/src/runtime/extern.go
@@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ of the run-time system.
 */
 package runtime
 
-import "runtime/internal/sys"
+import (
+	"internal/goarch"
+	"runtime/internal/sys"
+)
 
 // Caller reports file and line number information about function invocations on
 // the calling goroutine's stack. The argument skip is the number of stack frames
@@ -264,4 +267,4 @@ const GOOS string = sys.GOOS
 
 // GOARCH is the running program's architecture target:
 // one of 386, amd64, arm, s390x, and so on.
-const GOARCH string = sys.GOARCH
+const GOARCH string = goarch.GOARCH
diff --git a/src/runtime/heapdump.go b/src/runtime/heapdump.go
index 050628e33e..18e4666fa4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/heapdump.go
+++ b/src/runtime/heapdump.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 package runtime
 
 import (
-	"runtime/internal/sys"
 	"internal/goarch"
 	"unsafe"
 )
@@ -532,7 +531,7 @@ func dumpparams() {
 	}
 	dumpint(uint64(arenaStart))
 	dumpint(uint64(arenaEnd))
-	dumpstr(sys.GOARCH)
+	dumpstr(goarch.GOARCH)
 	dumpstr(buildVersion)
 	dumpint(uint64(ncpu))
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/sys/consts.go b/src/runtime/internal/sys/consts.go
index 349d2ed4d6..07fbaf4d73 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/sys/consts.go
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/sys/consts.go
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ const MinFrameSize = goarch.MinFrameSize
 // The stack must be at least word aligned, but some architectures require more.
 const StackAlign = goarch.StackAlign
 
-const GOARCH = goarch.GOARCH
-
 const (
 	Goarch386         = goarch.Goarch386
 	GoarchAmd64       = goarch.GoarchAmd64