diff --git a/src/net/cgo_unix_cgo.go b/src/net/cgo_unix_cgo.go
index 7520c5d95c..d11f3e301a 100644
--- a/src/net/cgo_unix_cgo.go
+++ b/src/net/cgo_unix_cgo.go
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ type (
 )
 
 func _C_GoString(p *_C_char) string      { return C.GoString(p) }
-func _C_FreeCString(p *_C_char)          { C.free(unsafe.Pointer(p)) }
 func _C_malloc(n uintptr) unsafe.Pointer { return C.malloc(C.size_t(n)) }
 func _C_free(p unsafe.Pointer)           { C.free(p) }
 
diff --git a/src/net/cgo_unix_syscall.go b/src/net/cgo_unix_syscall.go
index 332ca6bc2f..2eb8df1da6 100644
--- a/src/net/cgo_unix_syscall.go
+++ b/src/net/cgo_unix_syscall.go
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ func _C_GoString(p *_C_char) string {
 	return unix.GoString(p)
 }
 
-func _C_FreeCString(p *_C_char) { _C_free(unsafe.Pointer(p)) }
-func _C_free(p unsafe.Pointer)  { runtime.KeepAlive(p) }
+func _C_free(p unsafe.Pointer) { runtime.KeepAlive(p) }
 
 func _C_malloc(n uintptr) unsafe.Pointer {
 	if n <= 0 {