diff --git a/go/private/actions/archive.bzl b/go/private/actions/archive.bzl
index 8b0d1dfd5..60a5fae45 100644
--- a/go/private/actions/archive.bzl
+++ b/go/private/actions/archive.bzl
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ load(
     "GoArchive",
     "GoArchiveData",
     "effective_importpath_pkgpath",
-    "get_archive",
 )
 load(
     "//go/private/actions:compilepkg.bzl",
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ def emit_archive(go, source = None, _recompile_suffix = "", recompile_internal_d
         out_nogo_log = None
         out_nogo_validation = None
 
-    direct = [get_archive(dep) for dep in source.deps]
+    direct = source.deps
 
     files = []
     for a in direct:
diff --git a/go/private/context.bzl b/go/private/context.bzl
index 4e446e2bd..0c16b453d 100644
--- a/go/private/context.bzl
+++ b/go/private/context.bzl
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ load(
     "GoSource",
     "GoStdLib",
     "INFERRED_PATH",
+    "get_archive",
     "get_source",
 )
 
@@ -315,6 +316,9 @@ def _library_to_source(go, attr, library, coverage_instrumented):
     if library.resolve:
         library.resolve(go, attr, source, _merge_embed)
     source["cc_info"] = _collect_cc_infos(source["deps"], source["cdeps"])
+
+    source["deps"] = [get_archive(dep) for dep in source["deps"]]
+
     return GoSource(**source)
 
 def _collect_runfiles(go, data, deps):
diff --git a/go/private/rules/test.bzl b/go/private/rules/test.bzl
index ab3cf2eb6..c6cba0586 100644
--- a/go/private/rules/test.bzl
+++ b/go/private/rules/test.bzl
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ load(
     "GoLibrary",
     "GoSource",
     "INFERRED_PATH",
-    "get_archive",
 )
 load(
     "//go/private/rules:binary.bzl",
@@ -525,7 +524,7 @@ def _recompile_external_deps(go, external_source, internal_archive, library_labe
     # Build a map from labels to GoArchiveData.
     # If none of the librares embedded in the internal archive are in the
     # dependency graph, then nothing needs to be recompiled.
-    arc_data_list = depset(transitive = [get_archive(dep).transitive for dep in external_source.deps]).to_list()
+    arc_data_list = depset(transitive = [archive.transitive for archive in external_source.deps]).to_list()
     label_to_arc_data = {a.label: a for a in arc_data_list}
     if all([l not in label_to_arc_data for l in library_labels]):
         return external_source, internal_archive
@@ -543,7 +542,7 @@ def _recompile_external_deps(go, external_source, internal_archive, library_labe
     dep_list = []
 
     # stack is a stack of targets to process. We're done when it's empty.
-    stack = [get_archive(dep).data.label for dep in external_source.deps]
+    stack = [archive.data.label for archive in external_source.deps]
 
     # deps_pushed tracks the status of each target.
     # DEPS_UNPROCESSED means the target is on the stack, but its dependencies
@@ -622,10 +621,10 @@ def _recompile_external_deps(go, external_source, internal_archive, library_labe
     # Pass internal dependencies that need to be recompiled down to the builder to check if the internal archive
     # tries to import any of the dependencies. If there is, that means that there is a dependency cycle.
     need_recompile_deps = []
-    for dep in internal_source.deps:
-        dep_data = get_archive(dep).data
+    for archive in internal_source.deps:
+        dep_data = archive.data
         if not need_recompile[dep_data.label]:
-            internal_deps.append(dep)
+            internal_deps.append(archive)
         else:
             need_recompile_deps.append(dep_data.importpath)
 
@@ -712,5 +711,5 @@ def _recompile_external_deps(go, external_source, internal_archive, library_labe
     # Finally, we need to replace external_source.deps with the recompiled
     # archives.
     attrs = structs.to_dict(external_source)
-    attrs["deps"] = [label_to_archive[get_archive(dep).data.label] for dep in external_source.deps]
+    attrs["deps"] = [label_to_archive[archive.data.label] for archive in external_source.deps]
     return GoSource(**attrs), internal_archive
diff --git a/go/providers.rst b/go/providers.rst
index fe7161031..a289773c2 100644
--- a/go/providers.rst
+++ b/go/providers.rst
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ method. In general, only rules_go should need to build or handle these.
 +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Map of defines to add to the go link command.                                                    |
 +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| :param:`deps`                  | :type:`list of Target`                                          |
+| :param:`deps`                  | :type:`list of GoArchive`                                       |
 +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
 | The direct dependencies needed by this library.                                                  |
 +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+