diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modconv/convert.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modconv/convert.go
index 85f9a6aafe..558664a8b3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modconv/convert.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modconv/convert.go
@@ -66,19 +66,16 @@ func ConvertLegacyConfig(f *modfile.File, file string, data []byte) error {
 
 	work.Do(10, func(item interface{}) {
 		r := item.(module.Version)
-		var info *modfetch.RevInfo
-		err := modfetch.TryProxies(func(proxy string) (err error) {
-			info, err = modfetch.Stat(proxy, r.Path, r.Version)
-			return err
-		})
+		repo, info, err := modfetch.ImportRepoRev(r.Path, r.Version)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "go: converting %s: stat %s@%s: %v\n", base.ShortPath(file), r.Path, r.Version, err)
 			return
 		}
 		mu.Lock()
+		path := repo.ModulePath()
 		// Don't use semver.Max here; need to preserve +incompatible suffix.
-		if v, ok := need[r.Path]; !ok || semver.Compare(v, info.Version) < 0 {
-			need[r.Path] = info.Version
+		if v, ok := need[path]; !ok || semver.Compare(v, info.Version) < 0 {
+			need[path] = info.Version
 		}
 		mu.Unlock()
 	})
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/repo.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/repo.go
index e56820e1d7..be52a8dc11 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/repo.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/repo.go
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@ type RevInfo struct {
 // and it can check that the path can be resolved to a target repository.
 // To avoid version control access except when absolutely necessary,
 // Lookup does not attempt to connect to the repository itself.
+//
+// The ImportRepoRev function is a variant of Import which is limited
+// to code in a source code repository at a particular revision identifier
+// (usually a commit hash or source code repository tag, not necessarily
+// a module version).
+// ImportRepoRev is used when converting legacy dependency requirements
+// from older systems into go.mod files. Those older systems worked
+// at either package or repository granularity, and most of the time they
+// recorded commit hashes, not tagged versions.
 
 var lookupCache par.Cache
 
@@ -270,6 +279,53 @@ func lookupCodeRepo(rr *get.RepoRoot) (codehost.Repo, error) {
 	return code, nil
 }
 
+// ImportRepoRev returns the module and version to use to access
+// the given import path loaded from the source code repository that
+// the original "go get" would have used, at the specific repository revision
+// (typically a commit hash, but possibly also a source control tag).
+func ImportRepoRev(path, rev string) (Repo, *RevInfo, error) {
+	if cfg.BuildMod == "vendor" || cfg.BuildMod == "readonly" {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("repo version lookup disabled by -mod=%s", cfg.BuildMod)
+	}
+
+	// Note: Because we are converting a code reference from a legacy
+	// version control system, we ignore meta tags about modules
+	// and use only direct source control entries (get.IgnoreMod).
+	security := web.SecureOnly
+	if get.Insecure {
+		security = web.Insecure
+	}
+	rr, err := get.RepoRootForImportPath(path, get.IgnoreMod, security)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	code, err := lookupCodeRepo(rr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	revInfo, err := code.Stat(rev)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: Look in repo to find path, check for go.mod files.
+	// For now we're just assuming rr.Root is the module path,
+	// which is true in the absence of go.mod files.
+
+	repo, err := newCodeRepo(code, rr.Root, rr.Root)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	info, err := repo.(*codeRepo).convert(revInfo, rev)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	return repo, info, nil
+}
+
 func SortVersions(list []string) {
 	sort.Slice(list, func(i, j int) bool {
 		cmp := semver.Compare(list[i], list[j])
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_init_dep.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_init_dep.txt
index 67dda1fe31..755076eae8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_init_dep.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_init_dep.txt
@@ -1,26 +1,23 @@
 env GO111MODULE=on
 
-# modconv uses modules to examine instead of using git directly
-[short] skip
+# modconv uses git directly to examine what old 'go get' would
+[!net] skip
+[!exec:git] skip
 
 # go build should populate go.mod from Gopkg.lock
 cp go.mod1 go.mod
 go build
 stderr 'copying requirements from Gopkg.lock'
-stderr 'finding rsc.io/sampler v1.0.0'
 go list -m all
 ! stderr 'copying requirements from Gopkg.lock'
-! stderr 'finding rsc.io/sampler v1.0.0'
 stdout 'rsc.io/sampler v1.0.0'
 
 # go list should populate go.mod from Gopkg.lock
 cp go.mod1 go.mod
 go list
 stderr 'copying requirements from Gopkg.lock'
-! stderr 'finding rsc.io/sampler v1.0.0'
 go list
 ! stderr 'copying requirements from Gopkg.lock'
-! stderr 'finding rsc.io/sampler v1.0.0'
 go list -m all
 stdout 'rsc.io/sampler v1.0.0'
 
@@ -57,4 +54,4 @@ go $goversion
 
 replace z v1.0.0 => rsc.io/quote v1.0.0
 
-require rsc.io/quote v1.0.0
+require rsc.io/quote v1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file