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
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@
                    (struct timeval * tv, [[maybe_unused]] void *unused)) {
   if (tv == nullptr)
     return 0;
-  clockid_t clockid = CLOCK_REALTIME;
   struct timespec tp;
-  long ret_val =
-      __llvm_libc::syscall_impl(SYS_clock_gettime, static_cast<long>(clockid),
-                                reinterpret_cast<long>(&tp));
+  long ret_val = __llvm_libc::syscall_impl(SYS_clock_gettime,
+                                           static_cast<long>(CLOCK_REALTIME),
+                                           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) {