diff --git a/libcontainer/init_linux.go b/libcontainer/init_linux.go
index 935b7356c..806bec103 100644
--- a/libcontainer/init_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/init_linux.go
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ func setupRoute(config *configs.Config) error {
 
 func setupRlimits(limits []configs.Rlimit, pid int) error {
 	for _, rlimit := range limits {
-		if err := system.Prlimit(pid, rlimit.Type, unix.Rlimit{Max: rlimit.Hard, Cur: rlimit.Soft}); err != nil {
+		if err := unix.Prlimit(pid, rlimit.Type, &unix.Rlimit{Max: rlimit.Hard, Cur: rlimit.Soft}, nil); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error setting rlimit type %v: %w", rlimit.Type, err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libcontainer/system/linux.go b/libcontainer/system/linux.go
index 6701b5ea2..e1d6eb180 100644
--- a/libcontainer/system/linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/system/linux.go
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ func Exec(cmd string, args []string, env []string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func Prlimit(pid, resource int, limit unix.Rlimit) error {
-	_, _, err := unix.RawSyscall6(unix.SYS_PRLIMIT64, uintptr(pid), uintptr(resource), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&limit)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&limit)), 0, 0)
-	if err != 0 {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func SetParentDeathSignal(sig uintptr) error {
 	if err := unix.Prctl(unix.PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, sig, 0, 0, 0); err != nil {
 		return err