diff --git a/internal/common/common_linux.go b/internal/common/common_linux.go
index 415c848..29a9be7 100644
--- a/internal/common/common_linux.go
+++ b/internal/common/common_linux.go
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ func NumProcs() (uint64, error) {
 // cachedBootTime must be accessed via atomic.Load/StoreUint64
 var cachedBootTime uint64
 
-// BootTime returns the system boot time expressed in seconds since the epoch.
-func BootTime() (uint64, error) {
-	return BootTimeWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	t := atomic.LoadUint64(&cachedBootTime)
 	if t != 0 {
diff --git a/process/process_linux.go b/process/process_linux.go
index 49e5829..c3d2c12 100644
--- a/process/process_linux.go
+++ b/process/process_linux.go
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ func (p *Process) fillFromTIDStatWithContext(ctx context.Context, tid int32) (ui
 		System: float64(stime / ClockTicks),
 	}
 
-	bootTime, _ := common.BootTime()
+	bootTime, _ := common.BootTimeWithContext(ctx)
 	t, err := strconv.ParseUint(fields[i+20], 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0, nil, 0, 0, 0, nil, err