diff --git a/libc/spec/posix.td b/libc/spec/posix.td
--- a/libc/spec/posix.td
+++ b/libc/spec/posix.td
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@
 def StructTimeSpec : NamedType<"struct timespec">;
 def StructTimeSpecPtr : PtrType<StructTimeSpec>;
 
-def StructTimeVal : NamedType<"struct timeval">;
-def StructTimeValPtr : PtrType<StructTimeVal>;
-
 def ExecArgvT : NamedType<"__exec_argv_t">;
 def ExecEnvpT : NamedType<"__exec_envp_t">;
 
@@ -733,7 +730,7 @@
         UidT,
         GidT,
         StructTimeSpec,
-        StructTimeVal,
+        StructTimevalType,
         BlkSizeT,
         BlkCntT,
         OffTType,
@@ -1077,7 +1074,7 @@
   HeaderSpec Time = HeaderSpec<
       "time.h",
       [], // Macros
-      [ClockIdT, StructTimeSpec, StructTimeVal], // Types
+      [ClockIdT, StructTimeSpec, StructTimevalType], // Types
       [], // Enumerations
       [
           FunctionSpec<
@@ -1088,7 +1085,7 @@
           FunctionSpec<
               "gettimeofday",
               RetValSpec<IntType>,
-              [ArgSpec<StructTimeValPtr>, ArgSpec<VoidPtr>]
+              [ArgSpec<StructTimevalPtr>, ArgSpec<VoidPtr>]
           >,
           FunctionSpec<
               "nanosleep",
diff --git a/libc/src/time/gettimeofday.cpp b/libc/src/time/gettimeofday.cpp
--- a/libc/src/time/gettimeofday.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/time/gettimeofday.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include "src/__support/OSUtil/syscall.h" // For internal syscall function.
 #include "src/__support/common.h"
-#include "src/time/clock_gettime.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h> // For syscall numbers.
@@ -23,9 +22,15 @@
     return 0;
   clockid_t clockid = CLOCK_REALTIME;
   struct timespec tp;
-  long ret_val = __llvm_libc::clock_gettime(clockid, &tp);
-  if (ret_val < 0)
+  long ret_val =
+      __llvm_libc::syscall_impl(SYS_clock_gettime, static_cast<long>(clockid),
+                                reinterpret_cast<long>(&tp));
+  // A negative return value indicates an error with the magnitude of the
+  // value being the error code.
+  if (ret_val < 0) {
+    errno = -ret_val;
     return -1;
+  }
   tv->tv_sec = tp.tv_sec;
   tv->tv_usec = tp.tv_nsec / 1000;
   return 0;
diff --git a/libc/test/src/time/gettimeofday_test.cpp b/libc/test/src/time/gettimeofday_test.cpp
--- a/libc/test/src/time/gettimeofday_test.cpp
+++ b/libc/test/src/time/gettimeofday_test.cpp
@@ -20,19 +20,23 @@
   using __llvm_libc::testing::ErrnoSetterMatcher::Succeeds;
   void *tz = nullptr;
   struct timeval tv;
-  int ret = __llvm_libc::gettimeofday(&tv, tz);
-  ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
 
-  // Sleep for 200 microsceconds.
-  struct timespec tim = {0, 200 * 1000};
-  struct timespec tim2 = {0, 0};
-  ret = __llvm_libc::nanosleep(&tim, &tim2);
+  int sleep_times[2] = {200, 1000};
+  for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+    int ret = __llvm_libc::gettimeofday(&tv, tz);
+    ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
 
-  // Call gettimeofday again and verify that it is more 100 microscecods and
-  // less than 300 microseconds,
-  struct timeval tv1;
-  ret = __llvm_libc::gettimeofday(&tv1, tz);
-  ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
-  ASSERT_GT(tv1.tv_usec - tv.tv_usec, 100);
-  ASSERT_LT(tv1.tv_usec - tv.tv_usec, 300);
+    int sleep_time = -sleep_times[i];
+    // Sleep for {sleep_time} microsceconds.
+    struct timespec tim = {0, sleep_time * 1000};
+    struct timespec tim2 = {0, 0};
+    ret = __llvm_libc::nanosleep(&tim, &tim2);
+
+    // Call gettimeofday again and verify that it is more {sleep_time}
+    // microscecods.
+    struct timeval tv1;
+    ret = __llvm_libc::gettimeofday(&tv1, tz);
+    ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+    ASSERT_GE(tv1.tv_usec - tv.tv_usec, sleep_time);
+  }
 }