diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 133ed3e..546e5ae 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ sudo: required
 before_install:
    - sudo apt-get install libffi-dev python-cffi
    - export PATH=$HOME/gopath/bin:$PATH
-   # temporary workaround for go-python/gopy#83
-   - export GODEBUG=cgocheck=0
 
 notifications:
   email:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87f2d57..d7a5b5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ gopy
 
 `gopy` generates (and compiles) a `CPython` extension module from a `go` package.
 
-**WARNING** `gopy` is currently not compatible with `Go>=1.6` and its improved `CGo` rules as documented in [cmd/cgo](https://golang.org/cmd/cgo/#hdr-Passing_pointers).
-To be able to run a `CPython` module generated with `Go>=1.6`, one needs to export `GODEBUG=cgocheck=0` to disable the `CGo` rules runtime checker. (see [issue 83](https://github.com/go-python/gopy/issues/83) for more informations.)
-
 ## Installation
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/bind/gengo.go b/bind/gengo.go
index 12d5df1..73b5b72 100644
--- a/bind/gengo.go
+++ b/bind/gengo.go
@@ -8,41 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"go/token"
 	"go/types"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 const (
-	checkGoVersionImport = `"strconv"
-	"strings"
-	"os"
-`
-	checkGoVersion    = "_cgopy_CheckGoVersion()"
-	checkGoVersionDef = `
-func _cgopy_CheckGoVersion() {
-	godebug := os.Getenv("GODEBUG")
-	cgocheck := -1
-	var err error
-
-	if godebug != "" {
-		const prefix = "cgocheck="
-		for _, option := range strings.Split(godebug, ",") {
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(option, prefix) {
-				continue
-			}
-			cgocheck, err = strconv.Atoi(option[len(prefix):])
-			if err != nil {
-				cgocheck = -1
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "gopy: invalid cgocheck value %q (expected an integer)\n", option)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if cgocheck != 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "gopy: GODEBUG=cgocheck=0 should be set for Go>=1.6\n")
-	}
-}
-`
 	goPreamble = `// Package main is an autogenerated binder stub for package %[1]s.
 // gopy gen -lang=go %[1]s
 //
@@ -1137,13 +1106,7 @@ func (g *goGen) genPreamble() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	version := runtime.Version()
-	major, minor, _ := getGoVersion(version)
-	if major >= 1 && minor >= 6 {
-		g.Printf(goPreamble, n, pkgcfg, pkgimport, checkGoVersionImport, checkGoVersionDef, checkGoVersion)
-	} else {
-		g.Printf(goPreamble, n, pkgcfg, pkgimport, "", "", "")
-	}
+	g.Printf(goPreamble, n, pkgcfg, pkgimport, "", "", "")
 }
 
 func (g *goGen) tupleString(tuple []*Var) string {
diff --git a/bind/utils.go b/bind/utils.go
index c02e3c3..7d55f6f 100644
--- a/bind/utils.go
+++ b/bind/utils.go
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 func isErrorType(typ types.Type) bool {
@@ -146,15 +144,3 @@ func getPkgConfig(vers int) (string, error) {
 
 	return pkgcfg, nil
 }
-
-func getGoVersion(version string) (int64, int64, error) {
-	version_regex := regexp.MustCompile(`^go((\d+)(\.(\d+))*)`)
-	match := version_regex.FindStringSubmatch(version)
-	if match == nil {
-		return -1, -1, fmt.Errorf("gopy: invalid Go version information: %q", version)
-	}
-	version_info := strings.Split(match[1], ".")
-	major, _ := strconv.ParseInt(version_info[0], 10, 0)
-	minor, _ := strconv.ParseInt(version_info[1], 10, 0)
-	return major, minor, nil
-}
diff --git a/bind/utils_test.go b/bind/utils_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 151b474..0000000
--- a/bind/utils_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The go-python Authors.  All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package bind
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestGetGoVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tt := range []struct {
-		info  string
-		major int64
-		minor int64
-		err   error
-	}{
-		{"go1.5", 1, 5, nil},
-		{"go1.6", 1, 6, nil},
-		{"go1.7", 1, 7, nil},
-		{"go1.8", 1, 8, nil},
-		{"gcc4", -1, -1, errors.New("gopy: invalid Go version information: \"gcc4\"")},
-		{"1.8go", -1, -1, errors.New("gopy: invalid Go version information: \"1.8go\"")},
-		{"llvm", -1, -1, errors.New("gopy: invalid Go version information: \"llvm\"")},
-	} {
-		major, minor, err := getGoVersion(tt.info)
-		if major != tt.major {
-			t.Errorf("getGoVersion(%s): expected major %d, actual %d", tt.info, tt.major, major)
-		}
-
-		if minor != tt.minor {
-			t.Errorf("getGoVersion(%s): expected major %d, actual %d", tt.info, tt.minor, minor)
-		}
-
-		if err != nil && err.Error() != tt.err.Error() {
-			t.Errorf("getGoVersion(%s): expected err %s, actual %s", tt.info, tt.err, err)
-		}
-	}
-}