diff --git a/test/sigchld.go b/test/sigchld.go
index 3887e2d024..214e72b622 100644
--- a/test/sigchld.go
+++ b/test/sigchld.go
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ package main
 import "syscall"
 
 func main() {
-	syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_KILL, uintptr(syscall.Getpid()), syscall.SIGCHLD, 0);
+	syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGCHLD);
 	println("survived SIGCHLD");
 }