diff --git a/builder/config.go b/builder/config.go
index aabf82ac..3a83f7f7 100644
--- a/builder/config.go
+++ b/builder/config.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func NewConfig(options *compileopts.Options) (*compileopts.Config, error) {
 	if goroot == "" {
 		return nil, errors.New("cannot locate $GOROOT, please set it manually")
 	}
-	major, minor, err := getGorootVersion(goroot)
+	major, minor, err := goenv.GetGorootVersion(goroot)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read version from GOROOT (%v): %v", goroot, err)
 	}
diff --git a/builder/env.go b/builder/env.go
index 995ad2ad..c59f5df4 100644
--- a/builder/env.go
+++ b/builder/env.go
@@ -1,71 +1,13 @@
 package builder
 
 import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"regexp"
 	"sort"
-	"strings"
 )
 
-// getGorootVersion returns the major and minor version for a given GOROOT path.
-// If the goroot cannot be determined, (0, 0) is returned.
-func getGorootVersion(goroot string) (major, minor int, err error) {
-	s, err := GorootVersionString(goroot)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, err
-	}
-
-	if s == "" || s[:2] != "go" {
-		return 0, 0, errors.New("could not parse Go version: version does not start with 'go' prefix")
-	}
-
-	parts := strings.Split(s[2:], ".")
-	if len(parts) < 2 {
-		return 0, 0, errors.New("could not parse Go version: version has less than two parts")
-	}
-
-	// Ignore the errors, we don't really handle errors here anyway.
-	var trailing string
-	n, err := fmt.Sscanf(s, "go%d.%d%s", &major, &minor, &trailing)
-	if n == 2 && err == io.EOF {
-		// Means there were no trailing characters (i.e., not an alpha/beta)
-		err = nil
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse version: %s", err)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// GorootVersionString returns the version string as reported by the Go
-// toolchain for the given GOROOT path. It is usually of the form `go1.x.y` but
-// can have some variations (for beta releases, for example).
-func GorootVersionString(goroot string) (string, error) {
-	if data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(
-		goroot, "src", "runtime", "internal", "sys", "zversion.go")); err == nil {
-
-		r := regexp.MustCompile("const TheVersion = `(.*)`")
-		matches := r.FindSubmatch(data)
-		if len(matches) != 2 {
-			return "", errors.New("Invalid go version output:\n" + string(data))
-		}
-
-		return string(matches[1]), nil
-
-	} else if data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(goroot, "VERSION")); err == nil {
-		return string(data), nil
-
-	} else {
-		return "", err
-	}
-}
-
 // getClangHeaderPath returns the path to the built-in Clang headers. It tries
 // multiple locations, which should make it find the directory when installed in
 // various ways.
diff --git a/goenv/version.go b/goenv/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c0d10f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/goenv/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package goenv
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// GetGorootVersion returns the major and minor version for a given GOROOT path.
+// If the goroot cannot be determined, (0, 0) is returned.
+func GetGorootVersion(goroot string) (major, minor int, err error) {
+	s, err := GorootVersionString(goroot)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, err
+	}
+
+	if s == "" || s[:2] != "go" {
+		return 0, 0, errors.New("could not parse Go version: version does not start with 'go' prefix")
+	}
+
+	parts := strings.Split(s[2:], ".")
+	if len(parts) < 2 {
+		return 0, 0, errors.New("could not parse Go version: version has less than two parts")
+	}
+
+	// Ignore the errors, we don't really handle errors here anyway.
+	var trailing string
+	n, err := fmt.Sscanf(s, "go%d.%d%s", &major, &minor, &trailing)
+	if n == 2 && err == io.EOF {
+		// Means there were no trailing characters (i.e., not an alpha/beta)
+		err = nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse version: %s", err)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// GorootVersionString returns the version string as reported by the Go
+// toolchain for the given GOROOT path. It is usually of the form `go1.x.y` but
+// can have some variations (for beta releases, for example).
+func GorootVersionString(goroot string) (string, error) {
+	if data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(
+		goroot, "src", "runtime", "internal", "sys", "zversion.go")); err == nil {
+
+		r := regexp.MustCompile("const TheVersion = `(.*)`")
+		matches := r.FindSubmatch(data)
+		if len(matches) != 2 {
+			return "", errors.New("Invalid go version output:\n" + string(data))
+		}
+
+		return string(matches[1]), nil
+
+	} else if data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(goroot, "VERSION")); err == nil {
+		return string(data), nil
+
+	} else {
+		return "", err
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1d203212..27836d1a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ func main() {
 		usage()
 	case "version":
 		goversion := "<unknown>"
-		if s, err := builder.GorootVersionString(goenv.Get("GOROOT")); err == nil {
+		if s, err := goenv.GorootVersionString(goenv.Get("GOROOT")); err == nil {
 			goversion = s
 		}
 		fmt.Printf("tinygo version %s %s/%s (using go version %s and LLVM version %s)\n", version, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, goversion, llvm.Version)
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index ec7f7085..f3f10fd2 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestCompiler(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("ARM64Linux", func(t *testing.T) {
 			runPlatTests("aarch64--linux-gnu", matches, t)
 		})
-		goVersion, err := builder.GorootVersionString(goenv.Get("GOROOT"))
+		goVersion, err := goenv.GorootVersionString(goenv.Get("GOROOT"))
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Error("could not get Go version:", err)
 			return