diff --git a/pkg/testutils/lint/lint_test.go b/pkg/testutils/lint/lint_test.go
index 08cb18f207a4..44321a1fed86 100644
--- a/pkg/testutils/lint/lint_test.go
+++ b/pkg/testutils/lint/lint_test.go
@@ -723,8 +723,6 @@ func TestLint(t *testing.T) {
 			"--",
 			"*.go",
 			":!**/embedded.go",
-			":!util/timeutil/now_unix.go",
-			":!util/timeutil/now_windows.go",
 			":!util/timeutil/time.go",
 			":!util/timeutil/zoneinfo.go",
 			":!util/tracing/span.go",
diff --git a/pkg/util/timeutil/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/util/timeutil/BUILD.bazel
index 9c7b34e8414c..71cf93609cab 100644
--- a/pkg/util/timeutil/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/util/timeutil/BUILD.bazel
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ go_library(
     name = "timeutil",
     srcs = [
         "manual_time.go",
-        "now_unix.go",
-        "now_windows.go",
         "stopwatch.go",
         "time.go",
         "time_source.go",
@@ -20,12 +18,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/util/syncutil",
         "@com_github_cockroachdb_errors//:errors",
-    ] + select({
-        "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:windows": [
-            "@org_golang_x_sys//windows",
-        ],
-        "//conditions:default": [],
-    }),
+    ],
 )
 
 go_test(
diff --git a/pkg/util/timeutil/now_unix.go b/pkg/util/timeutil/now_unix.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 085a02688332..000000000000
--- a/pkg/util/timeutil/now_unix.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The Cockroach Authors.
-//
-// Use of this software is governed by the Business Source License
-// included in the file licenses/BSL.txt.
-//
-// As of the Change Date specified in that file, in accordance with
-// the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
-// by the Apache License, Version 2.0, included in the file
-// licenses/APL.txt.
-
-//go:build !windows
-// +build !windows
-
-package timeutil
-
-import "time"
-
-// Now returns the current UTC time.
-func Now() time.Time {
-	return time.Now().UTC()
-}
diff --git a/pkg/util/timeutil/now_windows.go b/pkg/util/timeutil/now_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f1aac378cca..000000000000
--- a/pkg/util/timeutil/now_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The Cockroach Authors.
-//
-// Use of this software is governed by the Business Source License
-// included in the file licenses/BSL.txt.
-//
-// As of the Change Date specified in that file, in accordance with
-// the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
-// by the Apache License, Version 2.0, included in the file
-// licenses/APL.txt.
-
-package timeutil
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	if err := windows.LoadGetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime(); err != nil {
-		panic(errors.Wrap(err, "CockroachDB requires Windows 8 or higher"))
-	}
-}
-
-// Now returns the current UTC time.
-//
-// This has a higher precision than time.Now in go1.8, but is much slower
-// (~2000x) and requires Windows 8+.
-//
-// TODO(tamird): consider removing this in go1.9. go1.9 is expected to add
-// monotonic clock support to values retured from time.Now, which this
-// implementation will not support. The monotonic clock support may also
-// obviate the need for this, since we only need the higher precision when
-// subtracting `time.Time`s.
-func Now() time.Time {
-	var ft windows.Filetime
-	windows.GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime(&ft)
-	return time.Unix(0, ft.Nanoseconds()).UTC()
-}
diff --git a/pkg/util/timeutil/time.go b/pkg/util/timeutil/time.go
index b94adec1bff0..92600768f147 100644
--- a/pkg/util/timeutil/time.go
+++ b/pkg/util/timeutil/time.go
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ import (
 // LibPQTimePrefix is the prefix lib/pq prints time-type datatypes with.
 const LibPQTimePrefix = "0000-01-01"
 
+// Now returns the current UTC time.
+func Now() time.Time {
+	return time.Now().UTC()
+}
+
 // Since returns the time elapsed since t.
 // It is shorthand for Now().Sub(t).
 func Since(t time.Time) time.Duration {