diff --git a/internal/builders/golang/build.go b/internal/builders/golang/build.go
index 626522310..cdf569546 100644
--- a/internal/builders/golang/build.go
+++ b/internal/builders/golang/build.go
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ func checkMain(ctx *context.Context, build config.Build) error {
 		main = "."
 	}
 	stat, ferr := os.Stat(main)
-	if os.IsNotExist(ferr) {
-		return errors.Wrapf(ferr, "could not open %s", main)
+	if ferr != nil {
+		return ferr
 	}
 	if stat.IsDir() {
 		packs, err := parser.ParseDir(token.NewFileSet(), main, nil, 0)
diff --git a/internal/builders/golang/build_test.go b/internal/builders/golang/build_test.go
index e4d451c4f..1d94a2e74 100644
--- a/internal/builders/golang/build_test.go
+++ b/internal/builders/golang/build_test.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func TestRunPipeWithoutMainFunc(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx.Config.Builds[0].Main = "foo.go"
 		assert.EqualError(t, Default.Build(ctx, ctx.Config.Builds[0], api.Options{
 			Target: runtimeTarget,
-		}), `could not open foo.go: stat foo.go: no such file or directory`)
+		}), `stat foo.go: no such file or directory`)
 	})
 	t.Run("glob", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx.Config.Builds[0].Main = "."