diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/binary_cataloger.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/binary_cataloger.go
index 20b19796c..2ebd0e849 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/binary_cataloger.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/binary_cataloger.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ func (c *Cataloger) Name() string {
 // Catalog is given an object to resolve file references and content, this function returns any discovered Packages after analyzing rpm db installation.
 func (c *Cataloger) Catalog(resolver source.FileResolver) ([]pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
 	var pkgs []pkg.Package
-	var relationships []artifact.Relationship
 
 	fileMatches, err := resolver.FilesByMIMEType(mimeTypes...)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -53,15 +52,14 @@ func (c *Cataloger) Catalog(resolver source.FileResolver) ([]pkg.Package, []arti
 			return pkgs, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve file contents by location: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		goPkgs, goRelationships, err := parseGoBin(location, r)
+		goPkgs, err := parseGoBin(location, r)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Warnf("could not parse possible go binary: %+v", err)
 		}
 
 		internal.CloseAndLogError(r, location.RealPath)
 		pkgs = append(pkgs, goPkgs...)
-		relationships = append(relationships, goRelationships...)
 	}
 
-	return pkgs, relationships, nil
+	return pkgs, nil, nil
 }
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/parse_go_bin.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/parse_go_bin.go
index c93e71af1..a44b676a2 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/parse_go_bin.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/parse_go_bin.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/source"
 )
@@ -15,17 +14,16 @@ const (
 	replaceIdentifier = "=>"
 )
 
-func parseGoBin(location source.Location, reader io.ReadCloser) ([]pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
-
+func parseGoBin(location source.Location, reader io.ReadCloser) ([]pkg.Package, error) {
 	// Identify if bin was compiled by go
 	x, err := openExe(reader)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	goVersion, mod := findVers(x)
 
-	return buildGoPkgInfo(location, mod, goVersion), nil, nil
+	return buildGoPkgInfo(location, mod, goVersion), nil
 }
 
 func buildGoPkgInfo(location source.Location, mod, goVersion string) []pkg.Package {