diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 99a971e4b5ac..214a0af34a6f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ defaults: &linux_defaults
   working_directory: /go/src/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk
   docker:
     - image: circleci/golang:1.12.4
-  environment:
-    GOBIN: /tmp/workspace/bin
 
 
 ############
@@ -25,8 +23,7 @@ set_macos_env: &macos_env
     command: |
       echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' >> $BASH_ENV
       echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/project' >> $BASH_ENV
-      echo 'export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin' >> $BASH_ENV
-      echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin:$GOBIN' >> $BASH_ENV
+      echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin' >> $BASH_ENV
       echo 'export GO111MODULE=on'
 
 ############
@@ -40,12 +37,6 @@ docs_update: &docs_deploy
   environment:
     AWS_REGION: us-east-1
 
-deps: &dependencies
-  run:
-    name: dependencies
-    command: |
-      export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
-
 jobs:
   setup_dependencies:
     <<: *linux_defaults
@@ -59,13 +50,11 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: tools
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             make tools
       - *dependencies
       - run:
           name: binaries
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             make go-mod-cache
             make install
       - save_cache:
@@ -92,7 +81,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Lint source
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             make ci-lint
 
   integration_tests:
@@ -109,7 +97,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Test cli
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             make test_cli
 
   test_sim_gaia_nondeterminism:
@@ -126,7 +113,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Test individual module simulations
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             make test_sim_gaia_nondeterminism
 
   test_sim_gaia_fast:
@@ -143,7 +129,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Test full Gaia simulation
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             make test_sim_gaia_fast
 
   test_sim_gaia_import_export:
@@ -160,7 +145,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Test Gaia import/export simulation
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             make test_sim_gaia_import_export
 
   test_sim_gaia_simulation_after_import:
@@ -177,7 +161,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Test Gaia import/export simulation
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             make test_sim_gaia_simulation_after_import
 
   test_sim_gaia_multi_seed_long:
@@ -194,7 +177,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Test multi-seed Gaia simulation long
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             export GO111MODULE=on
             make runsim
             runsim 500 50 TestFullGaiaSimulation
@@ -213,7 +195,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Test multi-seed Gaia simulation short
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             export GO111MODULE=on
             make runsim
             runsim 50 10 TestFullGaiaSimulation
@@ -233,7 +214,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Run tests
           command: |
-            export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
             export VERSION="$(git describe --tags --long | sed 's/v\(.*\)/\1/')"
             export GO111MODULE=on
             for pkg in $(go list ./... | grep -v github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/cmd/gaia/cli_test | grep -v '/simulation' | circleci tests split --split-by=timings); do
@@ -283,7 +263,6 @@ jobs:
       machine:
         image: circleci/classic:latest
       environment:
-        GOBIN: /home/circleci/.go_workspace/bin
         GOPATH: /home/circleci/.go_workspace/
         GOOS: linux
         GOARCH: amd64
diff --git a/cmd/gaia/sims.mk b/cmd/gaia/sims.mk
index c6776594fc8e..6dee8236a39f 100644
--- a/cmd/gaia/sims.mk
+++ b/cmd/gaia/sims.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 ########################################
 ### Simulations
 
-runsim: $(GOBIN)/runsim
-$(GOBIN)/runsim: contrib/runsim/main.go
+runsim: $(GOPATH)/bin/runsim
+$(GOPATH)/bin/runsim: contrib/runsim/main.go
 	go install github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/cmd/gaia/contrib/runsim
 
 sim-gaia-nondeterminism:
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ sim-gaia-fast:
 
 sim-gaia-import-export: runsim
 	@echo "Running Gaia import/export simulation. This may take several minutes..."
-	$(GOBIN)/runsim 50 5 TestGaiaImportExport
+	$(GOPATH)/bin/runsim 50 5 TestGaiaImportExport
 
 sim-gaia-simulation-after-import: runsim
 	@echo "Running Gaia simulation-after-import. This may take several minutes..."
-	$(GOBIN)/runsim 50 5 TestGaiaSimulationAfterImport
+	$(GOPATH)/bin/runsim 50 5 TestGaiaSimulationAfterImport
 
 sim-gaia-custom-genesis-multi-seed: runsim
 	@echo "Running multi-seed custom genesis simulation..."
 	@echo "By default, ${HOME}/.gaiad/config/genesis.json will be used."
-	$(GOBIN)/runsim -g ${HOME}/.gaiad/config/genesis.json 400 5 TestFullGaiaSimulation
+	$(GOPATH)/bin/runsim -g ${HOME}/.gaiad/config/genesis.json 400 5 TestFullGaiaSimulation
 
 sim-gaia-multi-seed: runsim
 	@echo "Running multi-seed Gaia simulation. This may take awhile!"
-	$(GOBIN)/runsim 400 5 TestFullGaiaSimulation
+	$(GOPATH)/bin/runsim 400 5 TestFullGaiaSimulation
 
 sim-benchmark-invariants:
 	@echo "Running simulation invariant benchmarks..."