diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 689d2353e8..02fa1eacf8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.27.1](https://github.com/aws/jsii/compare/v1.27.0...v1.27.1) (2021-04-12)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **go:** retracted github.com/aws/jsii-runtime-go@v1.27.0 as it was unusable.
+
 ## [1.27.0](https://github.com/aws/jsii/compare/v1.26.0...v1.27.0) (2021-04-02)
 
 
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index e76080e488..dc6f050d66 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
   "lerna": "3.13.1",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "useWorkspaces": true,
-  "packages": [
-    "packages/*"
-  ],
+  "packages": ["packages/*"],
   "command": {
     "bootstrap": {
       "rejectCycles": true
     }
   },
-  "version": "1.27.0"
+  "version": "1.27.1"
 }
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/.npmignore b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..087a387028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/.idea
+/build-tools
+/dist
+
+*.ts
+!*.d.ts
+*.tsbuildinfo
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod
index f0b0020bc1..4545261637 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 )
+
+retract v1.27.0
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/package.json b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/package.json
index 872c8df7d6..3ab80881c8 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "gen:rt": "node build-tools/gen.js",
     "generate": "npm run gen:rt",
     "go:run": "go mod download && node build-tools/go-run.js",
-    "package": "build-tools/package.sh",
+    "package": "build-tools/package.sh && package-private",
     "doc": "(cd jsii-runtime-go && yarn --silent go:run godoc)",
     "fmt": "yarn --silent go:run goimports -w jsii-runtime-go",
     "lint": "(cd jsii-runtime-go && go vet ./... && yarn --silent go:run golint ./...)",
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "codemaker": "^0.0.0",
     "eslint": "^7.23.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
+    "jsii-build-tools": "^0.0.0",
     "jsii-calc": "^3.20.120",
     "prettier": "^2.2.1",
     "ts-node": "^9.1.1",