diff --git a/build-package.sh b/build-package.sh
index 13791fa68..a0dd449f5 100755
--- a/build-package.sh
+++ b/build-package.sh
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ termux_setup_golang () {
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
-	local TERMUX_GO_VERSION=go1.7.1
+	local TERMUX_GO_VERSION=go1.7.3
 	local TERMUX_GO_PLATFORM=linux-amd64
 	test `uname` = "Darwin" && TERMUX_GO_PLATFORM=darwin-amd64
 
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ termux_step_post_massage
 
 # Create data tarball containing files to package:
 cd $TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR
-if [ "`find . -type f`" = "" ]; then
+if [ -z "${TERMUX_PKG_METAPACKAGE+x}" -a "`find . -type f`" = "" ]; then
         echo "ERROR: No files in package"
         exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/packages/golang/build.sh b/packages/golang/build.sh
index 2c6ed675c..93be1ed41 100644
--- a/packages/golang/build.sh
+++ b/packages/golang/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://golang.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Go programming language compiler"
-_MAJOR_VERSION=1.7.1
+_MAJOR_VERSION=1.7.3
 # Use the ~ deb versioning construct in the future:
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2:${_MAJOR_VERSION}
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${_MAJOR_VERSION}.src.tar.gz