diff --git a/lib/std/posix.zig b/lib/std/posix.zig
index 6b5686b20a3531d04dfc975d5625022932b89782..660551fee40ff1b1d7c850412aabefa636fe192b 100644
--- a/lib/std/posix.zig
+++ b/lib/std/posix.zig
@@ -913,14 +913,6 @@ pub fn sysctl(
     }
 }
 
-pub fn gettimeofday(tv: ?*timeval, tz: ?*timezone) void {
-    switch (errno(system.gettimeofday(tv, tz))) {
-        .SUCCESS => return,
-        .INVAL => unreachable,
-        else => unreachable,
-    }
-}
-
 pub const FcntlError = error{
     PermissionDenied,
     FileBusy,