diff --git a/src/os/path.go b/src/os/path.go
index 30cc6c8b9841e..104b7ceaf7dad 100644
--- a/src/os/path.go
+++ b/src/os/path.go
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ func MkdirAll(path string, perm FileMode) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// RemoveAll removes path and any children it contains.
+// It removes everything it can but returns the first error
+// it encounters. If the path does not exist, RemoveAll
+// returns nil (no error).
+func RemoveAll(path string) error {
+	return removeAll(path)
+}
+
 // endsWithDot reports whether the final component of path is ".".
 func endsWithDot(path string) bool {
 	if path == "." {
diff --git a/src/os/removeall_at.go b/src/os/removeall_at.go
index faee1287f112b..fe8b1faf2b3f2 100644
--- a/src/os/removeall_at.go
+++ b/src/os/removeall_at.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
-func RemoveAll(path string) error {
+func removeAll(path string) error {
 	if path == "" {
 		// fail silently to retain compatibility with previous behavior
 		// of RemoveAll. See issue 28830.
diff --git a/src/os/removeall_noat.go b/src/os/removeall_noat.go
index 80527e227c996..5a7dc263f08f2 100644
--- a/src/os/removeall_noat.go
+++ b/src/os/removeall_noat.go
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
-// RemoveAll removes path and any children it contains.
-// It removes everything it can but returns the first error
-// it encounters. If the path does not exist, RemoveAll
-// returns nil (no error).
-func RemoveAll(path string) error {
+func removeAll(path string) error {
 	if path == "" {
 		// fail silently to retain compatibility with previous behavior
 		// of RemoveAll. See issue 28830.