diff --git a/embed/serve.go b/embed/serve.go
index 46634b7c5f1a..ec75708bfebf 100644
--- a/embed/serve.go
+++ b/embed/serve.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3rpc"
 	pb "github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/debugutil"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/transport"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cmux"
 	gw "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/runtime"
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ func (sctx *serveCtx) serve(s *etcdserver.EtcdServer, tlscfg *tls.Config, handle
 		}
 		handler = grpcHandlerFunc(gs, handler)
 
-		dtls := transport.ShallowCopyTLSConfig(tlscfg)
+		dtls := tlscfg.Clone()
 		// trust local server
 		dtls.InsecureSkipVerify = true
 		creds := credentials.NewTLS(dtls)
diff --git a/pkg/transport/listener.go b/pkg/transport/listener.go
index 88c8923b8e7b..1fb3ba1c2473 100644
--- a/pkg/transport/listener.go
+++ b/pkg/transport/listener.go
@@ -240,32 +240,3 @@ func (info TLSInfo) ClientConfig() (*tls.Config, error) {
 	}
 	return cfg, nil
 }
-
-// ShallowCopyTLSConfig copies *tls.Config. This is only
-// work-around for go-vet tests, which complains
-//
-//   assignment copies lock value to p: crypto/tls.Config contains sync.Once contains sync.Mutex
-//
-// Keep up-to-date with 'go/src/crypto/tls/common.go'
-func ShallowCopyTLSConfig(cfg *tls.Config) *tls.Config {
-	ncfg := tls.Config{
-		Time:                     cfg.Time,
-		Certificates:             cfg.Certificates,
-		NameToCertificate:        cfg.NameToCertificate,
-		GetCertificate:           cfg.GetCertificate,
-		RootCAs:                  cfg.RootCAs,
-		NextProtos:               cfg.NextProtos,
-		ServerName:               cfg.ServerName,
-		ClientAuth:               cfg.ClientAuth,
-		ClientCAs:                cfg.ClientCAs,
-		InsecureSkipVerify:       cfg.InsecureSkipVerify,
-		CipherSuites:             cfg.CipherSuites,
-		PreferServerCipherSuites: cfg.PreferServerCipherSuites,
-		SessionTicketKey:         cfg.SessionTicketKey,
-		ClientSessionCache:       cfg.ClientSessionCache,
-		MinVersion:               cfg.MinVersion,
-		MaxVersion:               cfg.MaxVersion,
-		CurvePreferences:         cfg.CurvePreferences,
-	}
-	return &ncfg
-}