diff --git a/bin/test-go-fmt b/bin/test-go-fmt
index 8bc7d2e667e..5b17f2d5cbf 100755
--- a/bin/test-go-fmt
+++ b/bin/test-go-fmt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 T="$(mktemp)"
-find . -name '*.go' | xargs gofmt -l > "$T"
+find . -name '*.go' '!' -path ./plugin/loader/preload.go | xargs gofmt -l > "$T"
 
 if [ -n "$(cat $T)" ]; then
 	echo "Following Go code is not formatted."
diff --git a/mk/golang.mk b/mk/golang.mk
index f2b7a71b819..0aff6c12a6a 100644
--- a/mk/golang.mk
+++ b/mk/golang.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # golang utilities
-GO_MIN_VERSION = 1.13
+GO_MIN_VERSION = 1.14
 export GO111MODULE=on
 
 
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0001-tests-work.sh b/test/sharness/t0001-tests-work.sh
index 79557e10943..6394fed77d6 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0001-tests-work.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0001-tests-work.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ for file in $(find ..  -maxdepth 1 -name 't*.sh' -type f); do
     '
 
     test_expect_success "test in $file has a description" '
-              test_must_fail grep -L "^test_description=" "$file"
+              grep -q "^test_description=" "$file"
             '
 
     # We have some tests that manually kill.