diff --git a/home/.config/nvim/init.vim b/home/.config/nvim/init.vim
index e8bca24..29499db 100644
--- a/home/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/home/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ silent !mkdir -p ~/.nvim/swap > /dev/null 2>&1
 silent !mkdir -p ~/.nvim/autoload > /dev/null 2>&1
 silent !mkdir -p ~/.nvim/plugged > /dev/null 2>&1
 
+
+" amazon linux 2 epel has old nvim, this is required:
+let g:go_version_warning = 0
+
 if empty(glob('~/.nvim/plug/plug.vim'))
   silent !curl -fLo ~/.nvim/plug/plug.vim --create-dirs
     \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim