diff --git a/src/runtime/os1_windows.go b/src/runtime/os1_windows.go
index 744b1a90721..f91e9d596d3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/os1_windows.go
+++ b/src/runtime/os1_windows.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func goenvs() {
 			n++
 		}
 	}
-	envs = makeStringSlice(n)
+	envs = make([]string, n)
 
 	for i := range envs {
 		envs[i] = gostringw(&p[0])
diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime.go b/src/runtime/runtime.go
index 0f660038fb4..6d32de2a4fa 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ func tickspersecond() int64 {
 	return r
 }
 
-func makeStringSlice(n int) []string {
-	return make([]string, n)
-}
-
 var envs []string
 var argslice []string