--- a/date/date.c
+++ b/date/date.c
@@ -134,26 +134,13 @@ badtime:
 	return (time_t)-1;
 }
 
-#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) || \
-	defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__)
-static int
-stime(time_t *t)
-{
-	struct timeval	tv;
-
-	tv.tv_sec = *t;
-	tv.tv_usec = 0;
-
-	return settimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-}
-#endif	/* __FreeBSD__, __NetBSD__, __OpenBSD__, __DragonFly__, __APPLE__ */
-
 static void
 settime(char *op)
 {
 	struct utmpx before, after;
 	const char wtmpxfile[] = "/var/log/wtmp";
 	time_t newtime;
+	struct timeval	tv;
 
 	memset(&before, 0, sizeof before);
 	memset(&after, 0, sizeof after);
@@ -164,7 +151,9 @@ settime(char *op)
 	if ((newtime = timeop(op)) == (time_t)-1)
 		badconv();
 	gettimeofday(&before.ut_tv, NULL);
-	if (stime(&newtime) < 0) {
+	tv.tv_sec = newtime;
+	tv.tv_usec = 0;
+	if (settimeofday(&tv, NULL) < 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: no permission\n", progname);
 		exit(1);
 	}