diff --git a/src/unix/fs.c b/src/unix/fs.c
index 66386aea..c3f7951f 100644
--- a/src/unix/fs.c
+++ b/src/unix/fs.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static ssize_t uv__fs_futime(uv_fs_t* req) {
   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 uv__utimesat(req->file, NULL, ts, 0);
+  return futimens(req->file, ts);
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)                                                      \
     || defined(__DragonFly__)                                                 \
     || defined(__FreeBSD__)                                                   \
@@ -667,11 +667,7 @@ static ssize_t uv__fs_utime(uv_fs_t* req) {
   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;
-#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__)                                                   \
diff --git a/src/unix/linux-syscalls.c b/src/unix/linux-syscalls.c
index 89998ded..4aab5bcd 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux-syscalls.c
+++ b/src/unix/linux-syscalls.c
@@ -431,19 +431,6 @@ int uv__recvmmsg(int fd,
 }
 
 
-int uv__utimesat(int dirfd,
-                 const char* path,
-                 const struct timespec times[2],
-                 int flags)
-{
-#if defined(__NR_utimensat)
-  return syscall(__NR_utimensat, dirfd, path, times, flags);
-#else
-  return errno = ENOSYS, -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-
 ssize_t uv__preadv(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, int64_t offset) {
 #if defined(__NR_preadv)
   return syscall(__NR_preadv, fd, iov, iovcnt, (long)offset, (long)(offset >> 32));
diff --git a/src/unix/linux-syscalls.h b/src/unix/linux-syscalls.h
index 4c095e9b..039ad86e 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux-syscalls.h
+++ b/src/unix/linux-syscalls.h
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ int uv__sendmmsg(int fd,
                  struct uv__mmsghdr* mmsg,
                  unsigned int vlen,
                  unsigned int flags);
-int uv__utimesat(int dirfd,
-                 const char* path,
-                 const struct timespec times[2],
-                 int flags);
 ssize_t uv__preadv(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, int64_t offset);
 ssize_t uv__pwritev(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, int64_t offset);
 int uv__dup3(int oldfd, int newfd, int flags);