From 6b3e3434086133ecba3fa8cc45bf7cca88c64cdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Cortopassi <joe@joecortopassi.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:32:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] doc: remove GOROOT custom install instruction

Setting GOROOT is no longer necessary for custom installation as of 1.10 (reference: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/42533). Fixes #25002

Change-Id: Ic3980833ac437b7a20b951df33805ad1071a40ce
GitHub-Last-Rev: 156bf6510a21266bfb8397e564635278aa3bb1e5
GitHub-Pull-Request: golang/go#25190
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/110435
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
---
 doc/install.html | 25 -------------------------
 1 file changed, 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/install.html b/doc/install.html
index ee1516ac47..f3b3f97fb8 100644
--- a/doc/install.html
+++ b/doc/install.html
@@ -114,31 +114,6 @@ or execute them from the profile using a command such as
 <code>source $HOME/.profile</code>.
 </p>
 
-<h4 id="tarball_non_standard">Installing to a custom location</h4>
-
-<p>
-The Go binary distributions assume they will be installed in
-<code>/usr/local/go</code> (or <code>c:\Go</code> under Windows),
-but it is possible to install the Go tools to a different location.
-In this case you must set the <code>GOROOT</code> environment variable
-to point to the directory in which it was installed.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-For example, if you installed Go to your home directory you should add
-commands like the following to <code>$HOME/.profile</code>:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
-export GOROOT=$HOME/go1.X
-export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-<b>Note</b>: <code>GOROOT</code> must be set only when installing to a custom
-location.
-</p>
-
 </div><!-- tarballInstructions -->
 
 <div id="darwinPackageInstructions">