diff --git a/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.js b/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.js
index 1398f261b2e506d2e260f14ddebefea63e882956..03acded1b878bb9f4d21c4f108df12168ba00b07 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.js
+++ b/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.js
@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@ async function getArtifacts(
   let stderr;
   try {
     const localGoModFileName = upath.join(config.localDir, goModFileName);
-    await fs.outputFile(localGoModFileName, newGoModContent);
+    const massagedGoMod = newGoModContent.replace(
+      /\nreplace\s+[^\s]+\s+=>\s+\.\.\/.*/g,
+      ''
+    );
+    if (massagedGoMod !== newGoModContent) {
+      logger.debug('Removed some relative replace statements from go.mod');
+    }
+    await fs.outputFile(localGoModFileName, massagedGoMod);
     const localGoSumFileName = upath.join(config.localDir, sumFileName);
     if (!config.gitFs) {
       await fs.outputFile(localGoSumFileName, existingGoSumContent);
diff --git a/test/_fixtures/go/1/go.mod b/test/_fixtures/go/1/go.mod
index 3b1e1abf53e4df8e9e12bcddaa5f31e876f39b34..61e316ad7ad40f49dc3e7dba83a2b196d82fb4b3 100644
--- a/test/_fixtures/go/1/go.mod
+++ b/test/_fixtures/go/1/go.mod
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ require github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.0.0
 require golang.org/x/foo v1.0.0
 require github.com/rarkins/foo abcdef1
 require gopkg.in/russross/blackfriday.v1 v1.0.0
+
+replace github.com/pkg/errors => ../errors
diff --git a/test/manager/gomod/__snapshots__/update.spec.js.snap b/test/manager/gomod/__snapshots__/update.spec.js.snap
index 405829a75a978b5a7e220521ed35a84659a32b71..8528f18f3741a6174d00cf352910e072c21019e6 100644
--- a/test/manager/gomod/__snapshots__/update.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/manager/gomod/__snapshots__/update.spec.js.snap
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ require github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.0.0
 require golang.org/x/foo v1.0.0
 require github.com/rarkins/foo abcdef1
 require gopkg.in/russross/blackfriday.v2 v2.0.0
+
+replace github.com/pkg/errors => ../errors
 "
 `;
 
@@ -88,5 +90,7 @@ require github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.0.0
 require golang.org/x/foo v1.0.0
 require github.com/rarkins/foo abcdef1
 require gopkg.in/russross/blackfriday.v1 v1.0.0
+
+replace github.com/pkg/errors => ../errors
 "
 `;
diff --git a/test/manager/gomod/artifacts.spec.js b/test/manager/gomod/artifacts.spec.js
index 22c13bee33fdfd550b9e42236e815609bfd09f77..5357c8ffcf26dc76ab24178d746d9dd51c4fb19a 100644
--- a/test/manager/gomod/artifacts.spec.js
+++ b/test/manager/gomod/artifacts.spec.js
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const { exec } = require('child-process-promise');
 const gomod = require('../../../lib/manager/gomod/artifacts');
 
+const gomod1 = `module github.com/renovate-tests/gomod1
+
+require github.com/pkg/errors v0.7.0
+require github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.15.21
+require github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.0.0
+require golang.org/x/foo v1.0.0
+require github.com/rarkins/foo abcdef1
+require gopkg.in/russross/blackfriday.v1 v1.0.0
+
+replace github.com/pkg/errors => ../errors
+`;
+
 const config = {
   localDir: '/tmp/github/some/repo',
 };
@@ -14,7 +26,7 @@ describe('.getArtifacts()', () => {
     jest.resetAllMocks();
   });
   it('returns if no go.sum found', async () => {
-    expect(await gomod.getArtifacts('go.mod', [], '{}', config)).toBeNull();
+    expect(await gomod.getArtifacts('go.mod', [], gomod1, config)).toBeNull();
   });
   it('returns null if unchanged', async () => {
     platform.getFile.mockReturnValueOnce('Current go.sum');
@@ -23,7 +35,7 @@ describe('.getArtifacts()', () => {
       stderror: '',
     });
     fs.readFile = jest.fn(() => 'Current go.sum');
-    expect(await gomod.getArtifacts('go.mod', [], '{}', config)).toBeNull();
+    expect(await gomod.getArtifacts('go.mod', [], gomod1, config)).toBeNull();
   });
   it('returns updated go.sum', async () => {
     platform.getFile.mockReturnValueOnce('Current go.sum');
@@ -32,7 +44,9 @@ describe('.getArtifacts()', () => {
       stderror: '',
     });
     fs.readFile = jest.fn(() => 'New go.sum');
-    expect(await gomod.getArtifacts('go.mod', [], '{}', config)).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      await gomod.getArtifacts('go.mod', [], gomod1, config)
+    ).not.toBeNull();
   });
   it('supports docker mode', async () => {
     platform.getFile.mockReturnValueOnce('Current go.sum');
@@ -42,7 +56,7 @@ describe('.getArtifacts()', () => {
     });
     fs.readFile = jest.fn(() => 'New go.sum');
     expect(
-      await gomod.getArtifacts('go.mod', [], '{}', {
+      await gomod.getArtifacts('go.mod', [], gomod1, {
         ...config,
         binarySource: 'docker',
       })
@@ -54,7 +68,7 @@ describe('.getArtifacts()', () => {
       throw new Error('This update totally doesnt work');
     });
     expect(
-      await gomod.getArtifacts('go.mod', [], '{}', config)
+      await gomod.getArtifacts('go.mod', [], gomod1, config)
     ).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 });