diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/init.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/init.go
index b9345acbce2dc7..a9b77c82b353b9 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/init.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/init.go
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ func MinReqs() mvs.Reqs {
 			retain = append(retain, m.Path)
 		}
 	}
-	min, err := mvs.Req(Target, retain, Reqs())
+	min, err := mvs.Req(Target, retain, &mvsReqs{buildList: buildList})
 	if err != nil {
 		base.Fatalf("go: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ func keepSums(addDirect bool) map[module.Version]bool {
 	keep := make(map[module.Version]bool)
 	var mu sync.Mutex
 	reqs := &keepSumReqs{
-		Reqs: Reqs(),
+		Reqs: &mvsReqs{buildList: buildList},
 		visit: func(m module.Version) {
 			// If we build using a replacement module, keep the sum for the replacement,
 			// since that's the code we'll actually use during a build.
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go
index 302330278eba27..732c4af92b5737 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ func loadFromRoots(params loaderParams) *loader {
 	}
 
 	var err error
-	reqs := Reqs()
+	reqs := &mvsReqs{buildList: buildList}
 	buildList, err = mvs.BuildList(Target, reqs)
 	if err != nil {
 		base.Fatalf("go: %v", err)
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ func loadFromRoots(params loaderParams) *loader {
 		}
 
 		// Recompute buildList with all our additions.
-		reqs = Reqs()
+		reqs = &mvsReqs{buildList: buildList}
 		buildList, err = mvs.BuildList(Target, reqs)
 		if err != nil {
 			// If an error was found in a newly added module, report the package
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/mvs.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/mvs.go
index db57b3ec5fe4c1..167d6819b06ae5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/mvs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/mvs.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 
 	"cmd/go/internal/modfetch"
-	"cmd/go/internal/mvs"
 
 	"golang.org/x/mod/module"
 	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
@@ -23,16 +22,6 @@ type mvsReqs struct {
 	buildList []module.Version
 }
 
-// Reqs returns the current module requirement graph.
-// Future calls to EditBuildList do not affect the operation
-// of the returned Reqs.
-func Reqs() mvs.Reqs {
-	r := &mvsReqs{
-		buildList: buildList,
-	}
-	return r
-}
-
 func (r *mvsReqs) Required(mod module.Version) ([]module.Version, error) {
 	if mod == Target {
 		// Use the build list as it existed when r was constructed, not the current
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/mvs_test.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/mvs_test.go
index 0cb376ec3c06fc..50e93c381fdd1d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/mvs_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/mvs_test.go
@@ -2,19 +2,17 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package modload_test
+package modload
 
 import (
 	"testing"
-
-	"cmd/go/internal/modload"
 )
 
 func TestReqsMax(t *testing.T) {
 	type testCase struct {
 		a, b, want string
 	}
-	reqs := modload.Reqs()
+	reqs := new(mvsReqs)
 	for _, tc := range []testCase{
 		{a: "v0.1.0", b: "v0.2.0", want: "v0.2.0"},
 		{a: "v0.2.0", b: "v0.1.0", want: "v0.2.0"},
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ func TestReqsMax(t *testing.T) {
 	} {
 		max := reqs.Max(tc.a, tc.b)
 		if max != tc.want {
-			t.Errorf("Reqs().Max(%q, %q) = %q; want %q", tc.a, tc.b, max, tc.want)
+			t.Errorf("(%T).Max(%q, %q) = %q; want %q", reqs, tc.a, tc.b, max, tc.want)
 		}
 	}
 }