diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/clean/clean.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/clean/clean.go
index 454cac1f47..b0688e6221 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/clean/clean.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/clean/clean.go
@@ -213,12 +213,12 @@ func clean(p *load.Package) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if cleanI && p.Internal.Target != "" {
+	if cleanI && p.Target != "" {
 		if cfg.BuildN || cfg.BuildX {
-			b.Showcmd("", "rm -f %s", p.Internal.Target)
+			b.Showcmd("", "rm -f %s", p.Target)
 		}
 		if !cfg.BuildN {
-			removeFile(p.Internal.Target)
+			removeFile(p.Target)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/load/pkg.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/load/pkg.go
index ca74c50fa9..9b44687e8f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/load/pkg.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/load/pkg.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type PackagePublic struct {
 	ImportComment string `json:",omitempty"` // path in import comment on package statement
 	Name          string `json:",omitempty"` // package name
 	Doc           string `json:",omitempty"` // package documentation string
-	Target        string `json:",omitempty"` // install path
+	Target        string `json:",omitempty"` // installed target for this package (may be executable)
 	Shlib         string `json:",omitempty"` // the shared library that contains this package (only set when -linkshared)
 	Goroot        bool   `json:",omitempty"` // is this package found in the Go root?
 	Standard      bool   `json:",omitempty"` // is this package part of the standard Go library?
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ type PackageInternal struct {
 	// Unexported fields are not part of the public API.
 	Build        *build.Package
 	Imports      []*Package           // this package's direct imports
-	Target       string               // installed file for this package (may be executable)
 	ForceLibrary bool                 // this package is a library (even if named "main")
 	Cmdline      bool                 // defined by files listed on command line
 	Local        bool                 // imported via local path (./ or ../)
@@ -877,29 +876,29 @@ func (p *Package) load(stk *ImportStack, bp *build.Package, err error) {
 		}
 		if p.Internal.Build.BinDir != "" {
 			// Install to GOBIN or bin of GOPATH entry.
-			p.Internal.Target = filepath.Join(p.Internal.Build.BinDir, elem)
+			p.Target = filepath.Join(p.Internal.Build.BinDir, elem)
 			if !p.Goroot && strings.Contains(elem, "/") && cfg.GOBIN != "" {
 				// Do not create $GOBIN/goos_goarch/elem.
-				p.Internal.Target = ""
+				p.Target = ""
 				p.Internal.GobinSubdir = true
 			}
 		}
 		if InstallTargetDir(p) == ToTool {
 			// This is for 'go tool'.
 			// Override all the usual logic and force it into the tool directory.
-			p.Internal.Target = filepath.Join(cfg.GOROOTpkg, "tool", full)
+			p.Target = filepath.Join(cfg.GOROOTpkg, "tool", full)
 		}
-		if p.Internal.Target != "" && cfg.BuildContext.GOOS == "windows" {
-			p.Internal.Target += ".exe"
+		if p.Target != "" && cfg.BuildContext.GOOS == "windows" {
+			p.Target += ".exe"
 		}
 	} else if p.Internal.Local {
 		// Local import turned into absolute path.
 		// No permanent install target.
-		p.Internal.Target = ""
+		p.Target = ""
 	} else {
-		p.Internal.Target = p.Internal.Build.PkgObj
+		p.Target = p.Internal.Build.PkgObj
 		if cfg.BuildLinkshared {
-			shlibnamefile := p.Internal.Target[:len(p.Internal.Target)-2] + ".shlibname"
+			shlibnamefile := p.Target[:len(p.Target)-2] + ".shlibname"
 			shlib, err := ioutil.ReadFile(shlibnamefile)
 			if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				base.Fatalf("reading shlibname: %v", err)
@@ -1059,9 +1058,8 @@ func (p *Package) load(stk *ImportStack, bp *build.Package, err error) {
 
 	// unsafe is a fake package.
 	if p.Standard && (p.ImportPath == "unsafe" || cfg.BuildContext.Compiler == "gccgo") {
-		p.Internal.Target = ""
+		p.Target = ""
 	}
-	p.Target = p.Internal.Target
 
 	// If cgo is not enabled, ignore cgo supporting sources
 	// just as we ignore go files containing import "C".
@@ -1514,11 +1512,11 @@ func isStale(p *Package) (bool, string) {
 	// if a rebuild is needed, that rebuild attempt will produce a useful error.
 	// (Some commands, such as 'go list', do not attempt to rebuild.)
 	if p.BinaryOnly {
-		if p.Internal.Target == "" {
+		if p.Target == "" {
 			// Fail if a build is attempted.
 			return true, "no source code for package, but no install target"
 		}
-		if _, err := os.Stat(p.Internal.Target); err != nil {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(p.Target); err != nil {
 			// Fail if a build is attempted.
 			return true, "no source code for package, but cannot access install target: " + err.Error()
 		}
@@ -1531,12 +1529,12 @@ func isStale(p *Package) (bool, string) {
 	}
 
 	// If there's no install target, we have to rebuild.
-	if p.Internal.Target == "" {
+	if p.Target == "" {
 		return true, "no install target"
 	}
 
 	// Package is stale if completely unbuilt.
-	fi, err := os.Stat(p.Internal.Target)
+	fi, err := os.Stat(p.Target)
 	if err != nil {
 		return true, "cannot stat install target"
 	}
@@ -1600,7 +1598,7 @@ func isStale(p *Package) (bool, string) {
 
 	// Package is stale if a dependency is, or if a dependency is newer.
 	for _, p1 := range p.Internal.Imports {
-		if p1.Internal.Target != "" && olderThan(p1.Internal.Target) {
+		if p1.Target != "" && olderThan(p1.Target) {
 			return true, "newer dependency"
 		}
 	}
@@ -1989,7 +1987,7 @@ func GoFilesPackage(gofiles []string) *Package {
 	stk.Pop()
 	pkg.Internal.LocalPrefix = dirToImportPath(dir)
 	pkg.ImportPath = "command-line-arguments"
-	pkg.Internal.Target = ""
+	pkg.Target = ""
 
 	if pkg.Name == "main" {
 		_, elem := filepath.Split(gofiles[0])
@@ -1998,11 +1996,10 @@ func GoFilesPackage(gofiles []string) *Package {
 			cfg.BuildO = exe
 		}
 		if cfg.GOBIN != "" {
-			pkg.Internal.Target = filepath.Join(cfg.GOBIN, exe)
+			pkg.Target = filepath.Join(cfg.GOBIN, exe)
 		}
 	}
 
-	pkg.Target = pkg.Internal.Target
 	pkg.Stale = true
 	pkg.StaleReason = "files named on command line"
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/run/run.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/run/run.go
index 41067a686f..d67f02ad10 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/run/run.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/run/run.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func runRun(cmd *base.Command, args []string) {
 	if p.Name != "main" {
 		base.Fatalf("go run: cannot run non-main package")
 	}
-	p.Internal.Target = "" // must build - not up to date
+	p.Target = "" // must build - not up to date
 	var src string
 	if len(p.GoFiles) > 0 {
 		src = p.GoFiles[0]
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
index 11d29f9819..581395d281 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ func builderTest(b *work.Builder, p *load.Package) (buildAction, runAction, prin
 		ptest.GoFiles = nil
 		ptest.GoFiles = append(ptest.GoFiles, p.GoFiles...)
 		ptest.GoFiles = append(ptest.GoFiles, p.TestGoFiles...)
-		ptest.Internal.Target = ""
+		ptest.Target = ""
 		ptest.Imports = str.StringList(p.Imports, p.TestImports)
 		ptest.Internal.Imports = append(append([]*load.Package{}, p.Internal.Imports...), imports...)
 		ptest.Internal.ForceLibrary = true
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ func recompileForTest(pmain, preal, ptest *load.Package) {
 			p1.Internal.Imports = make([]*load.Package, len(p.Internal.Imports))
 			copy(p1.Internal.Imports, p.Internal.Imports)
 			p = p1
-			p.Internal.Target = ""
+			p.Target = ""
 			p.Stale = true
 			p.StaleReason = "depends on package being tested"
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/build.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/build.go
index a8752f9128..50e3cc1d7d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/build.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/build.go
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func runBuild(cmd *base.Command, args []string) {
 			base.Fatalf("no packages to build")
 		}
 		p := pkgs[0]
-		p.Internal.Target = cfg.BuildO
+		p.Target = cfg.BuildO
 		p.Stale = true // must build - not up to date
 		p.StaleReason = "build -o flag in use"
 		a := b.AutoAction(ModeInstall, depMode, p)
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ func (b *Builder) AutoAction(mode, depMode BuildMode, p *load.Package) *Action {
 // depMode is the action (build or install) to use when building dependencies.
 // To turn package main into an executable, call b.Link instead.
 func (b *Builder) CompileAction(mode, depMode BuildMode, p *load.Package) *Action {
-	if mode == ModeInstall && p.Internal.Local && p.Internal.Target == "" {
+	if mode == ModeInstall && p.Internal.Local && p.Target == "" {
 		// Imported via local path. No permanent target.
 		mode = ModeBuild
 	}
@@ -922,17 +922,17 @@ func (b *Builder) CompileAction(mode, depMode BuildMode, p *load.Package) *Actio
 			if cfg.BuildToolchainName == "gccgo" {
 				// the target name is needed for cgo.
 				a.Mode = "gccgo stdlib"
-				a.Target = p.Internal.Target
+				a.Target = p.Target
 				a.Func = nil
 				return a
 			}
 		}
 
-		if !p.Stale && p.Internal.Target != "" && p.Name != "main" {
-			// p.Stale==false implies that p.Internal.Target is up-to-date.
+		if !p.Stale && p.Target != "" && p.Name != "main" {
+			// p.Stale==false implies that p.Target is up-to-date.
 			// Record target name for use by actions depending on this one.
 			a.Mode = "use installed"
-			a.Target = p.Internal.Target
+			a.Target = p.Target
 			a.Func = nil
 			a.built = a.Target
 			return a
@@ -959,12 +959,12 @@ func (b *Builder) LinkAction(mode, depMode BuildMode, p *load.Package) *Action {
 			Package: p,
 		}
 
-		if !p.Stale && p.Internal.Target != "" {
-			// p.Stale==false implies that p.Internal.Target is up-to-date.
+		if !p.Stale && p.Target != "" {
+			// p.Stale==false implies that p.Target is up-to-date.
 			// Record target name for use by actions depending on this one.
 			a.Mode = "use installed"
 			a.Func = nil
-			a.Target = p.Internal.Target
+			a.Target = p.Target
 			a.built = a.Target
 			return a
 		}
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ func (b *Builder) LinkAction(mode, depMode BuildMode, p *load.Package) *Action {
 		name := "a.out"
 		if p.Internal.ExeName != "" {
 			name = p.Internal.ExeName
-		} else if (cfg.Goos == "darwin" || cfg.Goos == "windows") && cfg.BuildBuildmode == "c-shared" && p.Internal.Target != "" {
+		} else if (cfg.Goos == "darwin" || cfg.Goos == "windows") && cfg.BuildBuildmode == "c-shared" && p.Target != "" {
 			// On OS X, the linker output name gets recorded in the
 			// shared library's LC_ID_DYLIB load command.
 			// The code invoking the linker knows to pass only the final
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ func (b *Builder) LinkAction(mode, depMode BuildMode, p *load.Package) *Action {
 			// we'll install it as; otherwise the library is only loadable as "a.out".
 			// On Windows, DLL file name is recorded in PE file
 			// export section, so do like on OS X.
-			_, name = filepath.Split(p.Internal.Target)
+			_, name = filepath.Split(p.Target)
 		}
 		a.Target = a.Objdir + filepath.Join("exe", name) + cfg.ExeSuffix
 		a.built = a.Target
@@ -1024,8 +1024,8 @@ func (b *Builder) installAction(a1 *Action) *Action {
 			Package: p,
 			Objdir:  a1.Objdir,
 			Deps:    []*Action{a1},
-			Target:  p.Internal.Target,
-			built:   p.Internal.Target,
+			Target:  p.Target,
+			built:   p.Target,
 		}
 		b.addInstallHeaderAction(a)
 		return a
@@ -1273,14 +1273,14 @@ func (b *Builder) linkSharedAction(mode, depMode BuildMode, shlib string, a1 *Ac
 			}
 			for _, a2 := range buildAction.Deps[0].Deps {
 				p := a2.Package
-				if p.Internal.Target == "" {
+				if p.Target == "" {
 					continue
 				}
 				a.Deps = append(a.Deps, &Action{
 					Mode:    "shlibname",
 					Package: p,
 					Func:    (*Builder).installShlibname,
-					Target:  strings.TrimSuffix(p.Internal.Target, ".a") + ".shlibname",
+					Target:  strings.TrimSuffix(p.Target, ".a") + ".shlibname",
 					Deps:    []*Action{a.Deps[0]},
 				})
 			}