diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux.zig b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
index df9d491a5e..82593d6169 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
@@ -7452,7 +7452,7 @@ pub const kernel_timespec = extern struct {
 };
 
 // https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4726#issuecomment-2190337877
-pub const timespec = if (!builtin.link_libc and native_arch == .riscv32) kernel_timespec else extern struct {
+pub const timespec = if (native_arch == .riscv32) kernel_timespec else extern struct {
     sec: isize,
     nsec: isize,
 };