diff --git a/src/syscall/rlimit.go b/src/syscall/rlimit.go
index f94b894b902d78..8184f17ab68f29 100644
--- a/src/syscall/rlimit.go
+++ b/src/syscall/rlimit.go
@@ -8,20 +8,9 @@ package syscall
 
 import (
 	"sync/atomic"
-	_ "unsafe"
 )
 
 // origRlimitNofile, if non-nil, is the original soft RLIMIT_NOFILE.
-//
-// origRlimitNofile should be an internal detail,
-// but widely used packages access it using linkname.
-// Notable members of the hall of shame include:
-//   - github.com/opencontainers/runc
-//
-// Do not remove or change the type signature.
-// See go.dev/issue/67401.
-//
-//go:linkname origRlimitNofile
 var origRlimitNofile atomic.Pointer[Rlimit]
 
 // Some systems set an artificially low soft limit on open file count, for compatibility