diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/tidy.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/tidy.go
index 3b83d87a8eb..e7e63e6533e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/tidy.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/tidy.go
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ func runTidy(ctx context.Context, cmd *base.Command, args []string) {
 	modload.RootMode = modload.NeedRoot
 
 	modload.LoadPackages(ctx, modload.PackageOpts{
-		Tags:                  imports.AnyTags(),
-		ResolveMissingImports: true,
-		LoadTests:             true,
-		AllowErrors:           tidyE,
+		Tags:                     imports.AnyTags(),
+		VendorModulesInGOROOTSrc: true,
+		ResolveMissingImports:    true,
+		LoadTests:                true,
+		AllowErrors:              tidyE,
 	}, "all")
 
 	modload.TidyBuildList()
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/vendor.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/vendor.go
index d3ed9e00e22..2cd683b75c9 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/vendor.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/vendor.go
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ func runVendor(ctx context.Context, cmd *base.Command, args []string) {
 	modload.RootMode = modload.NeedRoot
 
 	loadOpts := modload.PackageOpts{
-		Tags:                  imports.AnyTags(),
-		ResolveMissingImports: true,
-		UseVendorAll:          true,
-		AllowErrors:           vendorE,
+		Tags:                     imports.AnyTags(),
+		VendorModulesInGOROOTSrc: true,
+		ResolveMissingImports:    true,
+		UseVendorAll:             true,
+		AllowErrors:              vendorE,
 	}
 	_, pkgs := modload.LoadPackages(ctx, loadOpts, "all")
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/why.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/why.go
index a5f3e8afcbe..79d257d198a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/why.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/why.go
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ func runWhy(ctx context.Context, cmd *base.Command, args []string) {
 	modload.RootMode = modload.NeedRoot
 
 	loadOpts := modload.PackageOpts{
-		Tags:          imports.AnyTags(),
-		LoadTests:     !*whyVendor,
-		SilenceErrors: true,
-		UseVendorAll:  *whyVendor,
+		Tags:                     imports.AnyTags(),
+		VendorModulesInGOROOTSrc: true,
+		LoadTests:                !*whyVendor,
+		SilenceErrors:            true,
+		UseVendorAll:             *whyVendor,
 	}
 
 	if *whyM {
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
index 971c5a8d8a8..b875a46d81a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
@@ -1120,9 +1120,10 @@ func (r *resolver) findAndUpgradeImports(ctx context.Context, queries []*query)
 // build list.
 func (r *resolver) loadPackages(ctx context.Context, patterns []string, findPackage func(ctx context.Context, path string, m module.Version) (versionOk bool)) {
 	opts := modload.PackageOpts{
-		Tags:          imports.AnyTags(),
-		LoadTests:     *getT,
-		SilenceErrors: true, // May be fixed by subsequent upgrades or downgrades.
+		Tags:                     imports.AnyTags(),
+		VendorModulesInGOROOTSrc: true,
+		LoadTests:                *getT,
+		SilenceErrors:            true, // May be fixed by subsequent upgrades or downgrades.
 	}
 
 	opts.AllowPackage = func(ctx context.Context, path string, m module.Version) error {
@@ -1459,9 +1460,10 @@ func (r *resolver) checkPackagesAndRetractions(ctx context.Context, pkgPatterns
 		// LoadPackages will print errors (since it has more context) but will not
 		// exit, since we need to load retractions later.
 		pkgOpts := modload.PackageOpts{
-			LoadTests:             *getT,
-			ResolveMissingImports: false,
-			AllowErrors:           true,
+			VendorModulesInGOROOTSrc: true,
+			LoadTests:                *getT,
+			ResolveMissingImports:    false,
+			AllowErrors:              true,
 		}
 		matches, pkgs := modload.LoadPackages(ctx, pkgOpts, pkgPatterns...)
 		for _, m := range matches {
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go
index 6d87acc6d3b..0dba49e40ec 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ type PackageOpts struct {
 	// If nil, treated as equivalent to imports.Tags().
 	Tags map[string]bool
 
+	// VendorModulesInGOROOTSrc indicates that if we are within a module in
+	// GOROOT/src, packages in the module's vendor directory should be resolved as
+	// actual module dependencies (instead of standard-library packages).
+	VendorModulesInGOROOTSrc bool
+
 	// ResolveMissingImports indicates that we should attempt to add module
 	// dependencies as needed to resolve imports of packages that are not found.
 	//
@@ -1170,13 +1175,13 @@ func (ld *loader) stdVendor(parentPath, path string) string {
 	}
 
 	if str.HasPathPrefix(parentPath, "cmd") {
-		if Target.Path != "cmd" {
+		if !ld.VendorModulesInGOROOTSrc || Target.Path != "cmd" {
 			vendorPath := pathpkg.Join("cmd", "vendor", path)
 			if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(cfg.GOROOTsrc, filepath.FromSlash(vendorPath))); err == nil {
 				return vendorPath
 			}
 		}
-	} else if Target.Path != "std" || str.HasPathPrefix(parentPath, "vendor") {
+	} else if !ld.VendorModulesInGOROOTSrc || Target.Path != "std" || str.HasPathPrefix(parentPath, "vendor") {
 		// If we are outside of the 'std' module, resolve imports from within 'std'
 		// to the vendor directory.
 		//
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/list_std_stale.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/list_std_stale.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5c1f334fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/list_std_stale.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# https://golang.org/issue/44725: packages in std should not be reported as stale,
+# regardless of whether they are listed from within or outside GOROOT/src.
+
+# Control case: net should not be stale at the start of the test,
+# and should depend on vendor/golang.org/… instead of golang.org/….
+
+! stale net
+
+go list -deps net
+stdout '^vendor/golang.org/x/net'
+! stdout '^golang.org/x/net'
+
+# Net should also not be stale when viewed from within GOROOT/src,
+# and should still report the same package dependencies.
+
+cd $GOROOT/src
+! stale net
+
+go list -deps net
+stdout '^vendor/golang.org/x/net'
+! stdout '^golang.org/x/net'
+
+
+# However, 'go mod' and 'go get' subcommands should report the original module
+# dependencies, not the vendored packages.
+
+[!net] stop
+
+env GOPROXY=
+go mod why -m golang.org/x/net
+stdout '^# golang.org/x/net\nnet\ngolang.org/x/net'
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_list_std.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_list_std.txt
index baf7908ab93..f4e0433d8a0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_list_std.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_list_std.txt
@@ -48,18 +48,20 @@ stdout ^vendor/golang.org/x/crypto/internal/subtle
 ! stdout ^golang\.org/x
 
 # Within the std module, the dependencies of the non-vendored packages within
-# std should appear to come from modules, but they should be loaded from the
-# vendor directory (just like ordinary vendored module dependencies).
+# std should appear to be packages beginning with 'vendor/', not 'golang.org/…'
+# module dependencies.
 
 go list all
-stdout ^golang.org/x/
+! stdout ^golang.org/x/
 ! stdout ^std/
 ! stdout ^cmd/
-! stdout ^vendor/
+stdout ^vendor/
 
 go list -deps -f '{{if not .Standard}}{{.ImportPath}}{{end}}' std
-! stdout ^vendor/golang.org/x/net/http2/hpack
-stdout ^golang.org/x/net/http2/hpack
+! stdout .
+
+# However, the 'golang.org/…' module dependencies should resolve to those same
+# directories.
 
 go list -f '{{.Dir}}' golang.org/x/net/http2/hpack
 stdout $GOROOT[/\\]src[/\\]vendor
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_std_vendor.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_std_vendor.txt
index fb954d74edb..c3cde52953f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_std_vendor.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_std_vendor.txt
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ stderr 'use of vendored package'
 
 
 # When run within the 'std' module, 'go list -test' should report vendored
-# transitive dependencies at their original module paths.
+# transitive dependencies at their vendored paths.
 cd $GOROOT/src
 go list -test -f '{{range .Deps}}{{.}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}' net/http
-stdout ^golang.org/x/net/http2/hpack
-! stdout ^vendor/golang.org/x/net/http2/hpack
+! stdout ^golang.org/x/net/http2/hpack
+stdout ^vendor/golang.org/x/net/http2/hpack
 
 -- go.mod --
 module m