diff --git a/libcontainer/specconv/example.go b/libcontainer/specconv/example.go
index 33134116c..d6621194c 100644
--- a/libcontainer/specconv/example.go
+++ b/libcontainer/specconv/example.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package specconv
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
@@ -15,10 +14,6 @@ func sPtr(s string) *string { return &s }
 func Example() *specs.Spec {
 	return &specs.Spec{
 		Version: specs.Version,
-		Platform: specs.Platform{
-			OS:   runtime.GOOS,
-			Arch: runtime.GOARCH,
-		},
 		Root: specs.Root{
 			Path:     "rootfs",
 			Readonly: true,
diff --git a/spec.go b/spec.go
index 92d38f578..876937d26 100644
--- a/spec.go
+++ b/spec.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/specconv"
@@ -131,9 +130,6 @@ func loadSpec(cPath string) (spec *specs.Spec, err error) {
 	if err = json.NewDecoder(cf).Decode(&spec); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err = validatePlatform(&spec.Platform); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	return spec, validateProcessSpec(spec.Process)
 }
 
@@ -148,13 +144,3 @@ func createLibContainerRlimit(rlimit specs.LinuxRlimit) (configs.Rlimit, error)
 		Soft: rlimit.Soft,
 	}, nil
 }
-
-func validatePlatform(platform *specs.Platform) error {
-	if platform.OS != runtime.GOOS {
-		return fmt.Errorf("target os %s mismatch with current os %s", platform.OS, runtime.GOOS)
-	}
-	if platform.Arch != runtime.GOARCH {
-		return fmt.Errorf("target arch %s mismatch with current arch %s", platform.Arch, runtime.GOARCH)
-	}
-	return nil
-}