diff --git a/src/net/hook_windows.go b/src/net/hook_windows.go
index ab8656cbbf343..28c49cc6de7e7 100644
--- a/src/net/hook_windows.go
+++ b/src/net/hook_windows.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ var (
testHookDialChannel = func() { time.Sleep(time.Millisecond) } // see golang.org/issue/5349
// Placeholders for socket system calls.
- socketFunc func(int, int, int) (syscall.Handle, error) = syscall.Socket
wsaSocketFunc func(int32, int32, int32, *syscall.WSAProtocolInfo, uint32, uint32) (syscall.Handle, error) = windows.WSASocket
connectFunc func(syscall.Handle, syscall.Sockaddr) error = syscall.Connect
listenFunc func(syscall.Handle, int) error = syscall.Listen
diff --git a/src/net/internal/socktest/main_test.go b/src/net/internal/socktest/main_test.go
index 0197feb3f199a..967ce6795aedb 100644
--- a/src/net/internal/socktest/main_test.go
+++ b/src/net/internal/socktest/main_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-//go:build !js && !plan9 && !wasip1
+//go:build !js && !plan9 && !wasip1 && !windows
package socktest_test
diff --git a/src/net/internal/socktest/main_windows_test.go b/src/net/internal/socktest/main_windows_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index df1cb97784b51..0000000000000
--- a/src/net/internal/socktest/main_windows_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package socktest_test
-
-import "syscall"
-
-var (
- socketFunc func(int, int, int) (syscall.Handle, error)
- closeFunc func(syscall.Handle) error
-)
-
-func installTestHooks() {
- socketFunc = sw.Socket
- closeFunc = sw.Closesocket
-}
-
-func uninstallTestHooks() {
- socketFunc = syscall.Socket
- closeFunc = syscall.Closesocket
-}
diff --git a/src/net/internal/socktest/sys_windows.go b/src/net/internal/socktest/sys_windows.go
index 8c1c862f33c9b..1c42e5c7f34b7 100644
--- a/src/net/internal/socktest/sys_windows.go
+++ b/src/net/internal/socktest/sys_windows.go
@@ -9,38 +9,6 @@ import (
"syscall"
)
-// Socket wraps syscall.Socket.
-func (sw *Switch) Socket(family, sotype, proto int) (s syscall.Handle, err error) {
- sw.once.Do(sw.init)
-
- so := &Status{Cookie: cookie(family, sotype, proto)}
- sw.fmu.RLock()
- f, _ := sw.fltab[FilterSocket]
- sw.fmu.RUnlock()
-
- af, err := f.apply(so)
- if err != nil {
- return syscall.InvalidHandle, err
- }
- s, so.Err = syscall.Socket(family, sotype, proto)
- if err = af.apply(so); err != nil {
- if so.Err == nil {
- syscall.Closesocket(s)
- }
- return syscall.InvalidHandle, err
- }
-
- sw.smu.Lock()
- defer sw.smu.Unlock()
- if so.Err != nil {
- sw.stats.getLocked(so.Cookie).OpenFailed++
- return syscall.InvalidHandle, so.Err
- }
- nso := sw.addLocked(s, family, sotype, proto)
- sw.stats.getLocked(nso.Cookie).Opened++
- return s, nil
-}
-
// WSASocket wraps [syscall.WSASocket].
func (sw *Switch) WSASocket(family, sotype, proto int32, protinfo *syscall.WSAProtocolInfo, group uint32, flags uint32) (s syscall.Handle, err error) {
sw.once.Do(sw.init)
diff --git a/src/net/main_windows_test.go b/src/net/main_windows_test.go
index 07f21b72eb1fc..bc024c0bbd82d 100644
--- a/src/net/main_windows_test.go
+++ b/src/net/main_windows_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import "internal/poll"
var (
// Placeholders for saving original socket system calls.
- origSocket = socketFunc
origWSASocket = wsaSocketFunc
origClosesocket = poll.CloseFunc
origConnect = connectFunc
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ var (
)
func installTestHooks() {
- socketFunc = sw.Socket
wsaSocketFunc = sw.WSASocket
poll.CloseFunc = sw.Closesocket
connectFunc = sw.Connect
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ func installTestHooks() {
}
func uninstallTestHooks() {
- socketFunc = origSocket
wsaSocketFunc = origWSASocket
poll.CloseFunc = origClosesocket
connectFunc = origConnect
diff --git a/src/net/sock_windows.go b/src/net/sock_windows.go
index fa11c7af2e727..5540135a2c43e 100644
--- a/src/net/sock_windows.go
+++ b/src/net/sock_windows.go
@@ -19,21 +19,6 @@ func maxListenerBacklog() int {
func sysSocket(family, sotype, proto int) (syscall.Handle, error) {
s, err := wsaSocketFunc(int32(family), int32(sotype), int32(proto),
nil, 0, windows.WSA_FLAG_OVERLAPPED|windows.WSA_FLAG_NO_HANDLE_INHERIT)
- if err == nil {
- return s, nil
- }
- // WSA_FLAG_NO_HANDLE_INHERIT flag is not supported on some
- // old versions of Windows, see
- // https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms742212(v=vs.85).aspx
- // for details. Just use syscall.Socket, if windows.WSASocket failed.
-
- // See ../syscall/exec_unix.go for description of ForkLock.
- syscall.ForkLock.RLock()
- s, err = socketFunc(family, sotype, proto)
- if err == nil {
- syscall.CloseOnExec(s)
- }
- syscall.ForkLock.RUnlock()
if err != nil {
return syscall.InvalidHandle, os.NewSyscallError("socket", err)
}
diff --git a/src/syscall/exec_windows.go b/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
index 0a93bc0a80d4e..06e684c7116b4 100644
--- a/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
"unsafe"
)
+// ForkLock is not used on Windows.
var ForkLock sync.RWMutex
// EscapeArg rewrites command line argument s as prescribed