diff --git a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
index edb4a6d715..a8ef36e6bb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
@@ -1151,25 +1151,6 @@ func TestPackageMainTestCompilerFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	tg.grepStderr(`([\\/]compile|gccgo).* (-p p1|-fgo-pkgpath=p1).*p1\.go`, "should have run compile -p p1 p1.go")
 }
 
-// Issue 12690
-func TestPackageNotStaleWithTrailingSlash(t *testing.T) {
-	skipIfGccgo(t, "gccgo does not have GOROOT")
-	tg := testgo(t)
-	defer tg.cleanup()
-
-	// Make sure the packages below are not stale.
-	tg.wantNotStale("runtime", "", "must be non-stale before test runs")
-	tg.wantNotStale("os", "", "must be non-stale before test runs")
-	tg.wantNotStale("io", "", "must be non-stale before test runs")
-
-	goroot := runtime.GOROOT()
-	tg.setenv("GOROOT", goroot+"/")
-
-	tg.wantNotStale("runtime", "", "with trailing slash in GOROOT, runtime listed as stale")
-	tg.wantNotStale("os", "", "with trailing slash in GOROOT, os listed as stale")
-	tg.wantNotStale("io", "", "with trailing slash in GOROOT, io listed as stale")
-}
-
 // Issue 4104.
 func TestGoTestWithPackageListedMultipleTimes(t *testing.T) {
 	tooSlow(t)
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_package_not_stale_trailing_slash.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_package_not_stale_trailing_slash.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38a151ef1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_package_not_stale_trailing_slash.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Tests Issue #12690
+
+[gccgo] skip 'gccgo does not have GOROOT'
+
+! stale runtime
+! stale os
+! stale io
+
+env GOROOT=$GOROOT'/'
+
+! stale runtime
+! stale os
+! stale io
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