diff --git a/go/internal/gcimporter/gcimporter_test.go b/go/internal/gcimporter/gcimporter_test.go
index 07506bdb..dce607fd 100644
--- a/go/internal/gcimporter/gcimporter_test.go
+++ b/go/internal/gcimporter/gcimporter_test.go
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func verifyInterfaceMethodRecvs(t *testing.T, named *types.Named, level int) {
 	// check embedded interfaces (if they are named, too)
 	for i := 0; i < iface.NumEmbeddeds(); i++ {
 		// embedding of interfaces cannot have cycles; recursion will terminate
-		if etype, _ := iface.EmbeddedType(i).(*types.Named); etype != nil {
+		if etype, _ := embeddedType(iface, i).(*types.Named); etype != nil {
 			verifyInterfaceMethodRecvs(t, etype, level+1)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/go/internal/gcimporter/newInterface10.go b/go/internal/gcimporter/newInterface10.go
index 463f2522..0aca5711 100644
--- a/go/internal/gcimporter/newInterface10.go
+++ b/go/internal/gcimporter/newInterface10.go
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ func newInterface(methods []*types.Func, embeddeds []types.Type) *types.Interfac
 	}
 	return types.NewInterface(methods, named)
 }
+
+func embeddedType(iface *types.Interface, i int) types.Type {
+	return iface.Embedded(i)
+}
diff --git a/go/internal/gcimporter/newInterface11.go b/go/internal/gcimporter/newInterface11.go
index 58d1735e..e802f8a3 100644
--- a/go/internal/gcimporter/newInterface11.go
+++ b/go/internal/gcimporter/newInterface11.go
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ import "go/types"
 func newInterface(methods []*types.Func, embeddeds []types.Type) *types.Interface {
 	return types.NewInterface2(methods, embeddeds)
 }
+
+func embeddedType(iface *types.Interface, i int) types.Type {
+	return iface.EmbeddedType(i)
+}