diff --git a/lif/sys_solaris_amd64.s b/lif/sys_solaris_amd64.s
index 1ebca373..39d76af7 100644
--- a/lif/sys_solaris_amd64.s
+++ b/lif/sys_solaris_amd64.s
@@ -6,6 +6,3 @@
 
 TEXT ·sysvicall6(SB),NOSPLIT,$0-88
 	JMP	syscall·sysvicall6(SB)
-
-TEXT ·keepAlive(SB),NOSPLIT,$0
-	RET
diff --git a/lif/syscall.go b/lif/syscall.go
index 5fe07362..aadab2e1 100644
--- a/lif/syscall.go
+++ b/lif/syscall.go
@@ -19,13 +19,8 @@ var procIoctl uintptr
 
 func sysvicall6(trap, nargs, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6 uintptr) (uintptr, uintptr, syscall.Errno)
 
-// TODO: replace with runtime.KeepAlive when available
-//go:noescape
-func keepAlive(p unsafe.Pointer)
-
 func ioctl(s, ioc uintptr, arg unsafe.Pointer) error {
 	_, _, errno := sysvicall6(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&procIoctl)), 3, s, ioc, uintptr(arg), 0, 0, 0)
-	keepAlive(arg)
 	if errno != 0 {
 		return error(errno)
 	}