diff --git a/src/feature_flags.ts b/src/feature_flags.ts
index e72193ef2..4d397c845 100644
--- a/src/feature_flags.ts
+++ b/src/feature_flags.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ export const defaultFlags = {
   // If multiple glob stars are in includedFiles, fail the build instead of warning.
   zisi_esbuild_fail_double_glob: false,
 
-  // drops the "runtimeVersion" override field
-  zisi_go_drop_runtime_override: false,
-
   // fixes symlinks in included files
   zisi_fix_symlinks: false,
 } as const
diff --git a/src/runtimes/go/index.ts b/src/runtimes/go/index.ts
index 2d1542654..2a51b13ba 100644
--- a/src/runtimes/go/index.ts
+++ b/src/runtimes/go/index.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ const zipFunction: ZipFunction = async function ({
   srcPath,
   stat,
   isInternal,
-  featureFlags,
 }) {
   const destPath = join(destFolder, filename)
   const isSource = extname(mainFile) === '.go'
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ const zipFunction: ZipFunction = async function ({
     config,
     displayName: config?.name,
     generator: config?.generator || getInternalValue(isInternal),
-    runtimeVersion: featureFlags.zisi_go_drop_runtime_override ? undefined : 'provided.al2',
   }
 
   // If `zipGo` is enabled, we create a zip archive with the Go binary and the
diff --git a/tests/main.test.ts b/tests/main.test.ts
index c5eb7816a..e8d0756b0 100644
--- a/tests/main.test.ts
+++ b/tests/main.test.ts
@@ -1780,9 +1780,6 @@ describe('zip-it-and-ship-it', () => {
             zipGo: true,
           },
         },
-        featureFlags: {
-          zisi_go_drop_runtime_override: true,
-        },
       },
     })
     const binaryPath = join(FIXTURES_DIR, fixtureName, 'test')
@@ -1836,7 +1833,7 @@ describe('zip-it-and-ship-it', () => {
 
     const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'))
 
-    expect(manifest.functions[0].runtimeVersion).toEqual('provided.al2')
+    expect(manifest.functions[0].runtimeVersion).toBeUndefined()
 
     // remove the binary before unzipping
     await rm(join(tmpDir, 'go-func-1'), { maxRetries: 10 })
@@ -1896,7 +1893,6 @@ describe('zip-it-and-ship-it', () => {
         path: expect.anything(),
         entryFilename: '',
         runtime: 'go',
-        runtimeVersion: 'provided.al2',
       },
       {
         config: expect.anything(),
@@ -1905,7 +1901,6 @@ describe('zip-it-and-ship-it', () => {
         path: expect.anything(),
         entryFilename: '',
         runtime: 'go',
-        runtimeVersion: 'provided.al2',
       },
     ])