diff --git a/libcontainer/setns_init_linux.go b/libcontainer/setns_init_linux.go
index 48cc0ae02..7ceed2bcc 100644
--- a/libcontainer/setns_init_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/setns_init_linux.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/seccomp"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/system"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 // linuxSetnsInit performs the container's initialization for running a new process
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ func (l *linuxSetnsInit) Init() error {
 		}
 	}
 	if l.config.NoNewPrivileges {
-		if err := system.Prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0); err != nil {
+		if err := unix.Prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go b/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go
index 98c7ae6dc..a03760353 100644
--- a/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (l *linuxStandardInit) Init() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if l.config.NoNewPrivileges {
-		if err := system.Prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0); err != nil {
+		if err := unix.Prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libcontainer/system/linux.go b/libcontainer/system/linux.go
index 2ef7915a7..42e406652 100644
--- a/libcontainer/system/linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/system/linux.go
@@ -133,13 +133,5 @@ func RunningInUserNS() bool {
 
 // SetSubreaper sets the value i as the subreaper setting for the calling process
 func SetSubreaper(i int) error {
-	return Prctl(PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER, uintptr(i), 0, 0, 0)
-}
-
-func Prctl(option int, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5 uintptr) (err error) {
-	_, _, e1 := unix.Syscall6(unix.SYS_PRCTL, uintptr(option), arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, 0)
-	if e1 != 0 {
-		err = e1
-	}
-	return
+	return unix.Prctl(PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER, uintptr(i), 0, 0, 0)
 }