diff --git a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
index 1016a737a09..cb89cadb83f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
@@ -5704,14 +5704,6 @@ func TestInstallDeps(t *testing.T) {
 	tg.mustExist(p1)
 }
 
-func TestFmtLoadErrors(t *testing.T) {
-	tg := testgo(t)
-	defer tg.cleanup()
-	tg.setenv("GOPATH", filepath.Join(tg.pwd(), "testdata"))
-	tg.runFail("fmt", "does-not-exist")
-	tg.run("fmt", "-n", "exclude")
-}
-
 func TestGoTestMinusN(t *testing.T) {
 	// Intent here is to verify that 'go test -n' works without crashing.
 	// This reuses flag_test.go, but really any test would do.
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/fmt_load_errors.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/fmt_load_errors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..297ec0fe3c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/fmt_load_errors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+env GO111MODULE=off
+
+! go fmt does-not-exist
+
+go fmt -n exclude
+stdout 'exclude[/\\]x\.go'
+stdout 'exclude[/\\]x_linux\.go'
+
+-- exclude/empty/x.txt --
+-- exclude/ignore/_x.go --
+package x
+-- exclude/x.go --
+// +build linux,!linux
+
+package x
+-- exclude/x_linux.go --
+// +build windows
+
+package x