diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6261c3abfd..8ee4d97cb0 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 const path = require('path');
 const os = require('os');
+const util = require('util');
 const childProcess = require('child_process');
 const crossSpawn = require('cross-spawn');
 const stripFinalNewline = require('strip-final-newline');
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ const _getStream = require('get-stream');
 const mergeStream = require('merge-stream');
 const pFinally = require('p-finally');
 const onExit = require('signal-exit');
-const errname = require('./lib/errname');
 const stdio = require('./lib/stdio');
 
 const TEN_MEGABYTES = 1000 * 1000 * 10;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ function getCode({error = {}}, code) {
 	}
 
 	if (Number.isInteger(code)) {
-		return [errname(-Math.abs(code)), Math.abs(code)];
+		return [util.getSystemErrorName(-Math.abs(code)), Math.abs(code)];
 	}
 
 	return [];
diff --git a/lib/errname.js b/lib/errname.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 151c53fea3..0000000000
--- a/lib/errname.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-// Older verions of Node.js might not have `util.getSystemErrorName()`.
-// In that case, fall back to a deprecated internal.
-const util = require('util');
-
-let uv;
-
-if (typeof util.getSystemErrorName === 'function') {
-	module.exports = util.getSystemErrorName;
-} else {
-	try {
-		uv = process.binding('uv'); // eslint-disable-line node/no-deprecated-api
-
-		if (typeof uv.errname !== 'function') {
-			throw new TypeError('uv.errname is not a function');
-		}
-	} catch (error) {
-		console.error('execa/lib/errname: unable to establish process.binding(\'uv\')', error);
-		uv = undefined;
-	}
-
-	module.exports = code => errname(uv, code);
-}
-
-// Used for testing the fallback behavior
-module.exports.__test__ = errname;
-
-function errname(uv, code) {
-	if (uv !== undefined) {
-		return uv.errname(code);
-	}
-
-	if (!(code < 0)) {
-		throw new Error('err >= 0');
-	}
-
-	return `Unknown system error ${code}`;
-}
-
diff --git a/test/errname.js b/test/errname.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 001c148359..0000000000
--- a/test/errname.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import test from 'ava';
-import errname from '../lib/errname';
-
-const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
-
-// Simulates failure to capture `process.binding('uv');`
-const fallback = code => errname.__test__(undefined, code);
-
-function makeTests(name, m, expected) {
-	test(`${name}: >=0 exit codes`, t => {
-		// Throws >= 0
-		t.throws(() => m(0), /err >= 0|It must be a negative integer|must be of type negative number/);
-		t.throws(() => m(1), /err >= 0|It must be a negative integer|must be of type negative number/);
-		t.throws(() => m('2'), /err >= 0|must be of type number|must be of type negative number/);
-		t.throws(() => m('foo'), /err >= 0|must be of type number|must be of type negative number/);
-	});
-
-	test(`${name}: negative exit codes`, t => {
-		t.is(m(-2), expected);
-	});
-}
-
-const unknown = 'Unknown system error -2';
-
-makeTests('native', errname, isWindows ? unknown : 'ENOENT');
-makeTests('fallback', fallback, unknown);