diff --git a/src/unix/fs.c b/src/unix/fs.c
index 011e2928..66386aea 100644
--- a/src/unix/fs.c
+++ b/src/unix/fs.c
@@ -172,59 +172,17 @@ static ssize_t uv__fs_fdatasync(uv_fs_t* req) {
 
 
 static ssize_t uv__fs_futime(uv_fs_t* req) {
-#if defined(__linux__)
+#if defined(__linux__)                                                        \
+    || defined(_AIX71)
   /* utimesat() has nanosecond resolution but we stick to microseconds
    * for the sake of consistency with other platforms.
    */
-  static int no_utimesat;
   struct timespec ts[2];
-  struct timeval tv[2];
-  char path[sizeof("/proc/self/fd/") + 3 * sizeof(int)];
-  int r;
-
-  if (no_utimesat)
-    goto skip;
-
   ts[0].tv_sec  = req->atime;
   ts[0].tv_nsec = (uint64_t)(req->atime * 1000000) % 1000000 * 1000;
   ts[1].tv_sec  = req->mtime;
   ts[1].tv_nsec = (uint64_t)(req->mtime * 1000000) % 1000000 * 1000;
-
-  r = uv__utimesat(req->file, NULL, ts, 0);
-  if (r == 0)
-    return r;
-
-  if (errno != ENOSYS)
-    return r;
-
-  no_utimesat = 1;
-
-skip:
-
-  tv[0].tv_sec  = req->atime;
-  tv[0].tv_usec = (uint64_t)(req->atime * 1000000) % 1000000;
-  tv[1].tv_sec  = req->mtime;
-  tv[1].tv_usec = (uint64_t)(req->mtime * 1000000) % 1000000;
-  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/self/fd/%d", (int) req->file);
-
-  r = utimes(path, tv);
-  if (r == 0)
-    return r;
-
-  switch (errno) {
-  case ENOENT:
-    if (fcntl(req->file, F_GETFL) == -1 && errno == EBADF)
-      break;
-    /* Fall through. */
-
-  case EACCES:
-  case ENOTDIR:
-    errno = ENOSYS;
-    break;
-  }
-
-  return r;
-
+  return uv__utimesat(req->file, NULL, ts, 0);
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)                                                      \
     || defined(__DragonFly__)                                                 \
     || defined(__FreeBSD__)                                                   \
@@ -242,13 +200,6 @@ skip:
 # else
   return futimes(req->file, tv);
 # endif
-#elif defined(_AIX71)
-  struct timespec ts[2];
-  ts[0].tv_sec  = req->atime;
-  ts[0].tv_nsec = (uint64_t)(req->atime * 1000000) % 1000000 * 1000;
-  ts[1].tv_sec  = req->mtime;
-  ts[1].tv_nsec = (uint64_t)(req->mtime * 1000000) % 1000000 * 1000;
-  return futimens(req->file, ts);
 #elif defined(__MVS__)
   attrib_t atr;
   memset(&atr, 0, sizeof(atr));
@@ -705,52 +656,22 @@ static ssize_t uv__fs_sendfile(uv_fs_t* req) {
 
 
 static ssize_t uv__fs_utime(uv_fs_t* req) {
-#if defined(__linux__)
+#if defined(__linux__)                                                         \
+    || defined(_AIX71)                                                         \
+    || defined(__sun)
   /* utimesat() has nanosecond resolution but we stick to microseconds
    * for the sake of consistency with other platforms.
    */
-  static int no_utimesat;
   struct timespec ts[2];
-  struct timeval tv[2];
-  int r;
-
-  if (no_utimesat)
-    goto skip;
-
   ts[0].tv_sec  = req->atime;
   ts[0].tv_nsec = (uint64_t)(req->atime * 1000000) % 1000000 * 1000;
   ts[1].tv_sec  = req->mtime;
   ts[1].tv_nsec = (uint64_t)(req->mtime * 1000000) % 1000000 * 1000;
-
-  r = uv__utimesat(AT_FDCWD, req->path, ts, 0);
-  if (r == 0)
-    return r;
-
-  if (errno != ENOSYS)
-    return r;
-
-  no_utimesat = 1;
-
-skip:
-
-  tv[0].tv_sec  = req->atime;
-  tv[0].tv_usec = (uint64_t)(req->atime * 1000000) % 1000000;
-  tv[1].tv_sec  = req->mtime;
-  tv[1].tv_usec = (uint64_t)(req->mtime * 1000000) % 1000000;
-
-  r = utimes(req->path, tv);
-  if (r == 0)
-    return r;
-
-  switch (errno) {
-  case EACCES:
-  case ENOTDIR:
-    errno = ENOSYS;
-    break;
-  }
-
-  return r;
-
+#if defined(__linux__)
+  return uv__utimesat(AT_FDCWD, req->path, ts, 0);
+#else
+  return utimensat(AT_FDCWD, req->path, ts, 0);
+#endif
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)                                                      \
     || defined(__DragonFly__)                                                 \
     || defined(__FreeBSD__)                                                   \
@@ -769,14 +690,6 @@ skip:
   buf.actime = req->atime;
   buf.modtime = req->mtime;
   return utime(req->path, &buf);
-#elif defined(_AIX71)                                                         \
-    || defined(__sun)
-  struct timespec ts[2];
-  ts[0].tv_sec  = req->atime;
-  ts[0].tv_nsec = (uint64_t)(req->atime * 1000000) % 1000000 * 1000;
-  ts[1].tv_sec  = req->mtime;
-  ts[1].tv_nsec = (uint64_t)(req->mtime * 1000000) % 1000000 * 1000;
-  return utimensat(AT_FDCWD, req->path, ts, 0);
 #elif defined(__MVS__)
   attrib_t atr;
   memset(&atr, 0, sizeof(atr));