diff --git a/__tests__/setup-go.test.ts b/__tests__/setup-go.test.ts
index 840ff43d7..28a9b46ec 100644
--- a/__tests__/setup-go.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/setup-go.test.ts
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ describe('setup-go', () => {
 
   // 1.13.1 => 1.13.1
   // 1.13 => 1.13.0
-  // 1.10beta1 => 1.10.0-beta1, 1.10rc1 => 1.10.0-rc1
-  // 1.8.5beta1 => 1.8.5-beta1, 1.8.5rc1 => 1.8.5-rc1
+  // 1.10beta1 => 1.10.0-beta.1, 1.10rc1 => 1.10.0-rc.1
+  // 1.8.5beta1 => 1.8.5-beta.1, 1.8.5rc1 => 1.8.5-rc.1
   it('converts prerelease versions', async () => {
     expect(im.makeSemver('1.10beta1')).toBe('1.10.0-beta.1');
     expect(im.makeSemver('1.10rc1')).toBe('1.10.0-rc.1');
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 1db16c928..04a17d290 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ inputs:
   check-latest:
     description: 'Set this option to true if you want the action to always check for the latest available version that satisfies the version spec'
     default: false
-  stable:
-    description: 'Whether to download only stable versions'
-    default: 'true'
   token:
     description: Used to pull node distributions from go-versions.  Since there's a default, this is typically not supplied by the user.
     default: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 537d58f7a..fe9439532 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -2074,10 +2074,6 @@ function run() {
             // If not supplied then problem matchers will still be setup.  Useful for self-hosted.
             //
             let versionSpec = core.getInput('go-version');
-            // stable will be true unless false is the exact input
-            // since getting unstable versions should be explicit
-            let stable = (core.getInput('stable') || 'true').toUpperCase() === 'TRUE';
-            core.info(`Setup go ${stable ? 'stable' : ''} version spec ${versionSpec}`);
             if (versionSpec) {
                 let token = core.getInput('token');
                 let auth = !token || isGhes() ? undefined : `token ${token}`;
@@ -6086,8 +6082,8 @@ exports.getVersionsDist = getVersionsDist;
 // Convert the go version syntax into semver for semver matching
 // 1.13.1 => 1.13.1
 // 1.13 => 1.13.0
-// 1.10beta1 => 1.10.0-beta1, 1.10rc1 => 1.10.0-rc1
-// 1.8.5beta1 => 1.8.5-beta1, 1.8.5rc1 => 1.8.5-rc1
+// 1.10beta1 => 1.10.0-beta.1, 1.10rc1 => 1.10.0-rc.1
+// 1.8.5beta1 => 1.8.5-beta.1, 1.8.5rc1 => 1.8.5-rc.1
 function makeSemver(version) {
     var _a;
     version = version.replace('go', '');
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index 7fef3cdf3..b9d6c36fb 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ export async function getVersionsDist(
 // Convert the go version syntax into semver for semver matching
 // 1.13.1 => 1.13.1
 // 1.13 => 1.13.0
-// 1.10beta1 => 1.10.0-beta1, 1.10rc1 => 1.10.0-rc1
-// 1.8.5beta1 => 1.8.5-beta1, 1.8.5rc1 => 1.8.5-rc1
+// 1.10beta1 => 1.10.0-beta.1, 1.10rc1 => 1.10.0-rc.1
+// 1.8.5beta1 => 1.8.5-beta.1, 1.8.5rc1 => 1.8.5-rc.1
 export function makeSemver(version: string): string {
   version = version.replace('go', '');
   version = version.replace('beta', '-beta.').replace('rc', '-rc.');
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 452308f4e..8836c46da 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ export async function run() {
     //
     let versionSpec = core.getInput('go-version');
 
-    // stable will be true unless false is the exact input
-    // since getting unstable versions should be explicit
-    let stable = (core.getInput('stable') || 'true').toUpperCase() === 'TRUE';
-
-    core.info(`Setup go ${stable ? 'stable' : ''} version spec ${versionSpec}`);
-
     if (versionSpec) {
       let token = core.getInput('token');
       let auth = !token || isGhes() ? undefined : `token ${token}`;