diff --git a/x509roots/fallback/bundle.go b/x509roots/fallback/bundle.go
index 3bea8b388d..c5fb06e09a 100644
--- a/x509roots/fallback/bundle.go
+++ b/x509roots/fallback/bundle.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Code generated by gen_fallback_bundle.go; DO NOT EDIT.
 
+//go:build go1.20
+
 package fallback
 
 import "crypto/x509"
diff --git a/x509roots/fallback/fallback.go b/x509roots/fallback/fallback.go
index 6fcd71424d..31413595fa 100644
--- a/x509roots/fallback/fallback.go
+++ b/x509roots/fallback/fallback.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 //go:build go1.20
-// +build go1.20
 
 // Package fallback embeds a set of fallback X.509 trusted roots in the
 // application by automatically invoking [x509.SetFallbackRoots]. This allows
diff --git a/x509roots/fallback/internal/goissue52287/goissue52287.go b/x509roots/fallback/internal/goissue52287/goissue52287.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d946a527db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x509roots/fallback/internal/goissue52287/goissue52287.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package goissue52287 is an empty internal package.
+// It exists only to work around go.dev/issue/52287 and
+// can be removed after Go 1.19 stops being supported.
+package goissue52287
diff --git a/x509roots/gen_fallback_bundle.go b/x509roots/gen_fallback_bundle.go
index 8c2b3cc6a0..761dfb996c 100644
--- a/x509roots/gen_fallback_bundle.go
+++ b/x509roots/gen_fallback_bundle.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import (
 
 const tmpl = `// Code generated by gen_fallback_bundle.go; DO NOT EDIT.
 
+//go:build go1.20
+
 package fallback
 
 import "crypto/x509"
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ func mustParse(b []byte) []*x509.Certificate {
 			break
 		}
 		if block.Type != "CERTIFICATE" {
-			panic("unexpected PEM block type: "+block.Type)
+			panic("unexpected PEM block type: " + block.Type)
 		}
 		cert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(block.Bytes)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -97,9 +99,9 @@ func main() {
 		return string(certs[i].X509.RawSubjectPublicKeyInfo) < string(certs[j].X509.RawSubjectPublicKeyInfo)
 	})
 
-	b := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	b.Write([]byte(tmpl))
-	b.Write([]byte("const pemRoots = `\n"))
+	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	b.WriteString(tmpl)
+	fmt.Fprintln(b, "const pemRoots = `")
 	for _, c := range certs {
 		if len(c.Constraints) > 0 {
 			// Until the constrained roots API lands, skip anything that has any
@@ -108,10 +110,10 @@ func main() {
 			// new version.
 			continue
 		}
-		b.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("# %s\n# %x\n", c.X509.Subject.String(), sha256.Sum256(c.X509.Raw))))
+		fmt.Fprintf(b, "# %s\n# %x\n", c.X509.Subject.String(), sha256.Sum256(c.X509.Raw))
 		pem.Encode(b, &pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: c.X509.Raw})
 	}
-	b.Write([]byte("`\n"))
+	fmt.Fprintln(b, "`")
 
 	formatted, err := format.Source(b.Bytes())
 	if err != nil {