diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/forgejo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/forgejo/default.nix
index e00853393e05..91b3b0cd9cd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/forgejo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/forgejo/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, buildGoPackage
+, buildGoModule
 , fetchurl
 , makeWrapper
 , git
 , bash
-, gzip
 , openssh
+, gzip
 , pam
 , pamSupport ? true
 , sqliteSupport ? true
 }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "forgejo";
   version = "1.18.2-1";
 
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-XSh17AwPtC+Y24lgjjXJzT/uBHg+0hWZ2RZ/eNF4mCY=";
   };
 
+  vendorHash = null;
+
+  subPackages = [ "." ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "data" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
   buildInputs = lib.optional pamSupport pam;
 
   patches = [
@@ -39,22 +42,23 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
 
   tags = lib.optional pamSupport "pam"
     ++ lib.optionals sqliteSupport [ "sqlite" "sqlite_unlock_notify" ];
+
   ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
     "-X main.Version=${version}"
     "-X 'main.Tags=${lib.concatStringsSep " " tags}'"
   ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir $data
-    cp -R ./go/src/${goPackagePath}/{public,templates,options} $data
+    cp -R ./{public,templates,options} $data
     mkdir -p $out
-    cp -R ./go/src/${goPackagePath}/options/locale $out/locale
+    cp -R ./options/locale $out/locale
     wrapProgram $out/bin/gitea \
       --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ bash git gzip openssh ]}
   '';
 
-  goPackagePath = "code.gitea.io/gitea";
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A self-hosted lightweight software forge";
     homepage = "https://forgejo.org";