diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b1c7c4a6f0fe8..6be471a7bb5f4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ RUN cd /usr/local/go/src \
 			./make.bash --no-clean 2>&1; \
 	done
 
-# We still support compiling with older Go, so need to grab older "gofmt"
-ENV GOFMT_VERSION 1.3.3
-RUN curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GOFMT_VERSION}.$(go env GOOS)-$(go env GOARCH).tar.gz | tar -C /go/bin -xz --strip-components=2 go/bin/gofmt
+# This has been commented out and kept as reference because we don't support compiling with older Go anymore.
+# ENV GOFMT_VERSION 1.3.3
+# RUN curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GOFMT_VERSION}.$(go env GOOS)-$(go env GOARCH).tar.gz | tar -C /go/bin -xz --strip-components=2 go/bin/gofmt
 
 # Update this sha when we upgrade to go 1.5.0
 ENV GO_TOOLS_COMMIT 069d2f3bcb68257b627205f0486d6cc69a231ff9
diff --git a/pkg/requestdecorator/requestdecorator_test.go b/pkg/requestdecorator/requestdecorator_test.go
index f1f9ef756b845..ed61135467bd6 100644
--- a/pkg/requestdecorator/requestdecorator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/requestdecorator/requestdecorator_test.go
@@ -1,45 +1,11 @@
 package requestdecorator
 
 import (
-	"encoding/base64"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-// The following 2 functions are here for 1.3.3 support
-// After we drop 1.3.3 support we can use the functions supported
-// in go v1.4.0 +
-// BasicAuth returns the username and password provided in the request's
-// Authorization header, if the request uses HTTP Basic Authentication.
-// See RFC 2617, Section 2.
-func basicAuth(r *http.Request) (username, password string, ok bool) {
-	auth := r.Header.Get("Authorization")
-	if auth == "" {
-		return
-	}
-	return parseBasicAuth(auth)
-}
-
-// parseBasicAuth parses an HTTP Basic Authentication string.
-// "Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==" returns ("Aladdin", "open sesame", true).
-func parseBasicAuth(auth string) (username, password string, ok bool) {
-	const prefix = "Basic "
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(auth, prefix) {
-		return
-	}
-	c, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(auth[len(prefix):])
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	cs := string(c)
-	s := strings.IndexByte(cs, ':')
-	if s < 0 {
-		return
-	}
-	return cs[:s], cs[s+1:], true
-}
-
 func TestUAVersionInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	uavi := NewUAVersionInfo("foo", "bar")
 	if !uavi.isValid() {
@@ -147,7 +113,7 @@ func TestAuthDecorator(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	username, password, ok := basicAuth(reqDecorated)
+	username, password, ok := reqDecorated.BasicAuth()
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("Cannot retrieve basic auth info from request")
 	}
@@ -189,7 +155,7 @@ func TestRequestFactory(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	username, password, ok := basicAuth(req)
+	username, password, ok := req.BasicAuth()
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("Cannot retrieve basic auth info from request")
 	}
@@ -220,7 +186,7 @@ func TestRequestFactoryNewRequestWithDecorators(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	username, password, ok := basicAuth(req)
+	username, password, ok := req.BasicAuth()
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("Cannot retrieve basic auth info from request")
 	}
diff --git a/project/PACKAGERS.md b/project/PACKAGERS.md
index 6acd4aef35fae..d321a900d683d 100644
--- a/project/PACKAGERS.md
+++ b/project/PACKAGERS.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ need to package Docker your way, without denaturing it in the process.
 To build Docker, you will need the following:
 
 * A recent version of Git and Mercurial
-* Go version 1.3 or later
+* Go version 1.4 or later
 * A clean checkout of the source added to a valid [Go
   workspace](https://golang.org/doc/code.html#Workspaces) under the path
   *src/github.com/docker/docker* (unless you plan to use `AUTO_GOPATH`,