diff --git a/chtimes.go b/chtimes.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b82666a91..000000000
--- a/chtimes.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Default implementation of Chtimes
-
-// +build !linux
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func Chtimes(name string, atime time.Time, mtime time.Time) error {
-	return os.Chtimes(name, atime, mtime)
-}
diff --git a/chtimes_linux.go b/chtimes_linux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2177c19f0..000000000
--- a/chtimes_linux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-// An implementation of Chtimes which preserves nanosecond precision under linux
-//
-// Is now in the standard library - https://codereview.appspot.com/6905057/
-
-// +build linux !go1.1
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"syscall"
-	"time"
-	"unsafe"
-)
-
-// COPIED from syscall
-// byteSliceFromString returns a NUL-terminated slice of bytes
-// containing the text of s. If s contains a NUL byte at any
-// location, it returns (nil, EINVAL).
-func byteSliceFromString(s string) ([]byte, error) {
-	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
-		if s[i] == 0 {
-			return nil, syscall.EINVAL
-		}
-	}
-	a := make([]byte, len(s)+1)
-	copy(a, s)
-	return a, nil
-}
-
-// COPIED from syscall
-// bytePtrFromString returns a pointer to a NUL-terminated array of
-// bytes containing the text of s. If s contains a NUL byte at any
-// location, it returns (nil, EINVAL).
-func bytePtrFromString(s string) (*byte, error) {
-	a, err := byteSliceFromString(s)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &a[0], nil
-}
-
-// COPIED from syscall auto generated code modified from utimes
-func utimensat(dirfd int, path string, times *[2]syscall.Timespec) (err error) {
-	var _p0 *byte
-	_p0, err = bytePtrFromString(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	_, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_UTIMENSAT, uintptr(dirfd), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(_p0)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(times)))
-	if e1 != 0 {
-		err = e1
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// FIXME needs defining properly!
-const AT_FDCWD = -100
-
-// COPIED from syscall and modified
-//sys	utimes(path string, times *[2]Timeval) (err error)
-func Utimensat(dirfd int, path string, ts []syscall.Timespec) (err error) {
-	if len(ts) != 2 {
-		return syscall.EINVAL
-	}
-	return utimensat(dirfd, path, (*[2]syscall.Timespec)(unsafe.Pointer(&ts[0])))
-}
-
-// COPIED from syscall and modified
-func Chtimes(name string, atime time.Time, mtime time.Time) error {
-	var utimes [2]syscall.Timespec
-	utimes[0] = syscall.NsecToTimespec(atime.UnixNano())
-	utimes[1] = syscall.NsecToTimespec(mtime.UnixNano())
-	if e := Utimensat(AT_FDCWD, name, utimes[0:]); e != nil {
-		return &os.PathError{Op: "chtimes", Path: name, Err: e}
-	}
-	return nil
-}