diff --git a/pkg/system/chtimes.go b/pkg/system/chtimes.go
index c26a4e24b6..7cd751f089 100644
--- a/pkg/system/chtimes.go
+++ b/pkg/system/chtimes.go
@@ -2,9 +2,25 @@ package system // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/system"
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
+	"unsafe"
 )
 
+// Used by Chtimes
+var maxTime time.Time
+
+func init() {
+	if unsafe.Sizeof(syscall.Timespec{}.Nsec) == 8 {
+		// This is a 64 bit timespec
+		// os.Chtimes limits time to the following
+		maxTime = time.Unix(0, 1<<63-1)
+	} else {
+		// This is a 32 bit timespec
+		maxTime = time.Unix(1<<31-1, 0)
+	}
+}
+
 // Chtimes changes the access time and modified time of a file at the given path
 func Chtimes(name string, atime time.Time, mtime time.Time) error {
 	unixMinTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
diff --git a/pkg/system/init.go b/pkg/system/init.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a17597aaba..0000000000
--- a/pkg/system/init.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package system // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/system"
-
-import (
-	"syscall"
-	"time"
-	"unsafe"
-)
-
-// Used by chtimes
-var maxTime time.Time
-
-func init() {
-	// chtimes initialization
-	if unsafe.Sizeof(syscall.Timespec{}.Nsec) == 8 {
-		// This is a 64 bit timespec
-		// os.Chtimes limits time to the following
-		maxTime = time.Unix(0, 1<<63-1)
-	} else {
-		// This is a 32 bit timespec
-		maxTime = time.Unix(1<<31-1, 0)
-	}
-}