diff --git a/cmd/stringer/endtoend_test.go b/cmd/stringer/endtoend_test.go
index 273f29bd87..0c79b1ac73 100644
--- a/cmd/stringer/endtoend_test.go
+++ b/cmd/stringer/endtoend_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestEndToEnd(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 	// Create stringer in temporary directory.
 	stringer := filepath.Join(dir, "stringer.exe")
-	err = run("go", "build", "-o", stringer)
+	err = run("go", "build", "-o", stringer, "stringer.go")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("building stringer: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/stringer/importer18.go b/cmd/stringer/importer18.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fd21873cda..0000000000
--- a/cmd/stringer/importer18.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-// +build !go1.9
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"go/importer"
-	"go/types"
-)
-
-func defaultImporter() types.Importer {
-	return importer.Default()
-}
diff --git a/cmd/stringer/importer19.go b/cmd/stringer/importer19.go
deleted file mode 100644
index deddadb1f1..0000000000
--- a/cmd/stringer/importer19.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-// +build go1.9
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"go/importer"
-	"go/types"
-)
-
-func defaultImporter() types.Importer {
-	return importer.For("source", nil)
-}
diff --git a/cmd/stringer/stringer.go b/cmd/stringer/stringer.go
index 4b8d1ba412..1d59e9b34a 100644
--- a/cmd/stringer/stringer.go
+++ b/cmd/stringer/stringer.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import (
 	"go/build"
 	exact "go/constant"
 	"go/format"
+	"go/importer"
 	"go/parser"
 	"go/token"
 	"go/types"
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ func (g *Generator) parsePackage(directory string, names []string, text interfac
 // check type-checks the package. The package must be OK to proceed.
 func (pkg *Package) check(fs *token.FileSet, astFiles []*ast.File) {
 	pkg.defs = make(map[*ast.Ident]types.Object)
-	config := types.Config{Importer: defaultImporter(), FakeImportC: true}
+	config := types.Config{Importer: importer.Default(), FakeImportC: true}
 	info := &types.Info{
 		Defs: pkg.defs,
 	}