diff --git a/Lib/go/director.swg b/Lib/go/director.swg
index 69244ebea..103ba22a3 100644
--- a/Lib/go/director.swg
+++ b/Lib/go/director.swg
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include <exception>
+#include <map>
 
 namespace Swig {
 
@@ -13,3 +14,67 @@ namespace Swig {
   };
 }
 
+/* Handle memory management for directors.  */
+
+namespace {
+  struct GCItem {
+    virtual ~GCItem() {}
+  };
+
+  struct GCItem_var {
+    GCItem_var(GCItem *item = 0) : _item(item) {
+    }
+
+    GCItem_var& operator=(GCItem *item) {
+      GCItem *tmp = _item;
+      _item = item;
+      delete tmp;
+      return *this;
+    }
+
+    ~GCItem_var() {
+      delete _item;
+    }
+
+    GCItem* operator->() {
+      return _item;
+    }
+
+    private:
+      GCItem *_item;
+  };
+
+  template <typename Type>
+  struct GCItem_T : GCItem {
+    GCItem_T(Type *ptr) : _ptr(ptr) {
+    }
+
+    virtual ~GCItem_T() {
+      delete _ptr;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    Type *_ptr;
+  };
+}
+
+class Swig_memory {
+public:
+  template <typename Type>
+  void swig_acquire_pointer(Type* vptr) {
+    if (vptr) {
+      swig_owner[vptr] = new GCItem_T<Type>(vptr);
+    }
+  }
+private:
+  typedef std::map<void *, GCItem_var> swig_ownership_map;
+  swig_ownership_map swig_owner;
+};
+
+template <typename Type>
+static void swig_acquire_pointer(Swig_memory** pmem, Type* ptr) {
+  if (!pmem) {
+    *pmem = new Swig_memory;
+  }
+  (*pmem)->swig_acquire_pointer(ptr);
+}
diff --git a/Lib/go/goruntime.swg b/Lib/go/goruntime.swg
index dc6193d04..269a4eefd 100644
--- a/Lib/go/goruntime.swg
+++ b/Lib/go/goruntime.swg
@@ -346,75 +346,6 @@ type _swig_fnptr *byte
 type _swig_memberptr *byte
 %}
 
-/* Handle memory management for directors.  */
-
-%insert(director) %{
-#include <map>
-
-namespace {
-  struct GCItem {
-    virtual ~GCItem() {}
-  };
-
-  struct GCItem_var {
-    GCItem_var(GCItem *item = 0) : _item(item) {
-    }
-
-    GCItem_var& operator=(GCItem *item) {
-      GCItem *tmp = _item;
-      _item = item;
-      delete tmp;
-      return *this;
-    }
-
-    ~GCItem_var() {
-      delete _item;
-    }
-
-    GCItem* operator->() {
-      return _item;
-    }
-
-    private:
-      GCItem *_item;
-  };
-
-  template <typename Type>
-  struct GCItem_T : GCItem {
-    GCItem_T(Type *ptr) : _ptr(ptr) {
-    }
-
-    virtual ~GCItem_T() {
-      delete _ptr;
-    }
-
-  private:
-    Type *_ptr;
-  };
-}
-
-class Swig_memory {
-public:
-  template <typename Type>
-  void swig_acquire_pointer(Type* vptr) {
-    if (vptr) {
-      swig_owner[vptr] = new GCItem_T<Type>(vptr);
-    }
-  }
-private:
-  typedef std::map<void *, GCItem_var> swig_ownership_map;
-  swig_ownership_map swig_owner;
-};
-
-template <typename Type>
-static void swig_acquire_pointer(Swig_memory** pmem, Type* ptr) {
-  if (!pmem) {
-    *pmem = new Swig_memory;
-  }
-  (*pmem)->swig_acquire_pointer(ptr);
-}
-%}
-
 /* For directors we need C++ to track a Go pointer.  Since we can't
    pass a Go pointer into C++, we use a map to track the pointers on
    the Go side.  */