diff --git a/cmd/sing-box/cmd_tools_synctime.go b/cmd/sing-box/cmd_tools_synctime.go
index 38510eb8..09d487ef 100644
--- a/cmd/sing-box/cmd_tools_synctime.go
+++ b/cmd/sing-box/cmd_tools_synctime.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/sagernet/sing-box/common/settings"
 	C "github.com/sagernet/sing-box/constant"
 	"github.com/sagernet/sing-box/log"
 	E "github.com/sagernet/sing/common/exceptions"
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ func syncTime() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if commandSyncTimeWrite {
-		err = settings.SetSystemTime(response.Time)
+		err = ntp.SetSystemTime(response.Time)
 		if err != nil {
 			return E.Cause(err, "write time to system")
 		}
diff --git a/common/settings/time_stub.go b/common/settings/time_stub.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 06204913..00000000
--- a/common/settings/time_stub.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !(windows || linux || darwin)
-
-package settings
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func SetSystemTime(nowTime time.Time) error {
-	return os.ErrInvalid
-}
diff --git a/common/settings/time_unix.go b/common/settings/time_unix.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eff244d..00000000
--- a/common/settings/time_unix.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-//go:build linux || darwin
-
-package settings
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
-)
-
-func SetSystemTime(nowTime time.Time) error {
-	timeVal := unix.NsecToTimeval(nowTime.UnixNano())
-	return unix.Settimeofday(&timeVal)
-}
diff --git a/common/settings/time_windows.go b/common/settings/time_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d95e3ba..00000000
--- a/common/settings/time_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package settings
-
-import (
-	"time"
-	"unsafe"
-
-	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
-)
-
-func SetSystemTime(nowTime time.Time) error {
-	var systemTime windows.Systemtime
-	systemTime.Year = uint16(nowTime.Year())
-	systemTime.Month = uint16(nowTime.Month())
-	systemTime.Day = uint16(nowTime.Day())
-	systemTime.Hour = uint16(nowTime.Hour())
-	systemTime.Minute = uint16(nowTime.Minute())
-	systemTime.Second = uint16(nowTime.Second())
-	systemTime.Milliseconds = uint16(nowTime.UnixMilli() - nowTime.Unix()*1000)
-
-	dllKernel32 := windows.NewLazySystemDLL("kernel32.dll")
-	proc := dllKernel32.NewProc("SetSystemTime")
-
-	_, _, err := proc.Call(
-		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&systemTime)),
-	)
-
-	if err != nil && err.Error() != "The operation completed successfully." {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}