--- a/osdep/OSUtils.hpp
+++ b/osdep/OSUtils.hpp
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#ifdef __LINUX__
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
-#endif
 #endif
 
 #ifndef OMIT_JSON_SUPPORT
@@ -211,11 +208,8 @@ public:
 		return (int64_t)( ((tmp.QuadPart - 116444736000000000LL) / 10000L) + st.wMilliseconds );
 #else
 		struct timeval tv;
-#ifdef __LINUX__
-		syscall(SYS_gettimeofday,&tv,0); /* fix for musl libc broken gettimeofday bug */
-#else
 		gettimeofday(&tv,(struct timezone *)0);
-#endif
+
 		return ( (1000LL * (int64_t)tv.tv_sec) + (int64_t)(tv.tv_usec / 1000) );
 #endif
 	};