diff --git a/pkg/codegen/go/gen.go b/pkg/codegen/go/gen.go
index 029f2ef7e03f..7587f07408c6 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/go/gen.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/go/gen.go
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/common/util/contract"
 )
 
+// A signifier that the module is external, and will never match.
+//
+// This token is always an invalid module since ':' is not allowed within modules.
+const ExternalModuleSig = ":always-external:"
+
 type typeDetails struct {
 	// Note: if any of {ptr,array,map}Input are set, input and the corresponding output field must also be set. The
 	// mark* functions ensure that these invariants hold.
@@ -730,6 +735,7 @@ func (pkg *pkgContext) contextForExternalReference(t schema.Type) (*pkgContext,
 	extPkgCtx.pkgImportAliases = pkgImportAliases
 	extPkgCtx.externalPackages = pkg.externalPackages
 	mod := tokenToPackage(extPkg, goInfo.ModuleToPackage, token)
+	extPkgCtx.mod = ExternalModuleSig
 
 	return extPkgCtx, *maps[mod].detailsForType(t)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/program_driver.go b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/program_driver.go
index 23645bc96ed4..7e086de4f576 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/program_driver.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/program_driver.go
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ var PulumiPulumiProgramTests = []ProgramTest{
 	{
 		Directory:   "aws-webserver",
 		Description: "AWS Webserver",
-		SkipCompile: codegen.NewStringSet("go"),
-		// Blocked on go: TODO[pulumi/pulumi#8070]
 	},
 	{
 		Directory:   "simple-range",
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/aws-webserver-pp/go/aws-webserver.go b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/aws-webserver-pp/go/aws-webserver.go
index 1e27a98c5987..863264cfe555 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/aws-webserver-pp/go/aws-webserver.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/testing/test/testdata/aws-webserver-pp/go/aws-webserver.go
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		ami, err := aws.GetAmi(ctx, &GetAmiArgs{
-			Filters: []GetAmiFilter{
-				GetAmiFilter{
+		ami, err := aws.GetAmi(ctx, &aws.GetAmiArgs{
+			Filters: []aws.GetAmiFilter{
+				aws.GetAmiFilter{
 					Name: "name",
 					Values: []string{
 						"amzn-ami-hvm-*-x86_64-ebs",