diff --git a/src/internal/poll/fd_poll_runtime.go b/src/internal/poll/fd_poll_runtime.go
index b91cbe40e4..a48e62eefa 100644
--- a/src/internal/poll/fd_poll_runtime.go
+++ b/src/internal/poll/fd_poll_runtime.go
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
+	_ "unsafe" // for go:linkname
 )
 
 // runtimeNano returns the current value of the runtime clock in nanoseconds.
+//go:linkname runtimeNano runtime.nanotime
 func runtimeNano() int64
 
 func runtime_pollServerInit()
diff --git a/src/runtime/time.go b/src/runtime/time.go
index b345ed4e02..28a4722866 100644
--- a/src/runtime/time.go
+++ b/src/runtime/time.go
@@ -458,15 +458,3 @@ func siftdownTimer(t []*timer, i int) bool {
 func badTimer() {
 	panic(errorString("racy use of timers"))
 }
-
-// Entry points for net, time to call nanotime.
-
-//go:linkname poll_runtimeNano internal/poll.runtimeNano
-func poll_runtimeNano() int64 {
-	return nanotime()
-}
-
-//go:linkname time_runtimeNano time.runtimeNano
-func time_runtimeNano() int64 {
-	return nanotime()
-}
diff --git a/src/time/time.go b/src/time/time.go
index 4241a6241b..5dc0d8a973 100644
--- a/src/time/time.go
+++ b/src/time/time.go
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@
 //
 package time
 
-import "errors"
+import (
+	"errors"
+	_ "unsafe" // for go:linkname
+)
 
 // A Time represents an instant in time with nanosecond precision.
 //
@@ -1065,6 +1068,7 @@ func daysIn(m Month, year int) int {
 func now() (sec int64, nsec int32, mono int64)
 
 // runtimeNano returns the current value of the runtime clock in nanoseconds.
+//go:linkname runtimeNano runtime.nanotime
 func runtimeNano() int64
 
 // Monotonic times are reported as offsets from startNano.