diff --git a/libcontainer/container_linux.go b/libcontainer/container_linux.go
index 838517c1c4d..12ee6a3ef95 100644
--- a/libcontainer/container_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/container_linux.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink/nl"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/execabs"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups"
@@ -1127,7 +1126,7 @@ func (c *Container) bootstrapData(cloneFlags uintptr, nsMaps map[configs.Namespa
 				// We resolve the paths for new{u,g}idmap from
 				// the context of runc to avoid doing a path
 				// lookup in the nsexec context.
-				if path, err := execabs.LookPath("newuidmap"); err == nil {
+				if path, err := exec.LookPath("newuidmap"); err == nil {
 					r.AddData(&Bytemsg{
 						Type:  UidmapPathAttr,
 						Value: []byte(path),
@@ -1155,7 +1154,7 @@ func (c *Container) bootstrapData(cloneFlags uintptr, nsMaps map[configs.Namespa
 				Value: b,
 			})
 			if c.config.RootlessEUID {
-				if path, err := execabs.LookPath("newgidmap"); err == nil {
+				if path, err := exec.LookPath("newgidmap"); err == nil {
 					r.AddData(&Bytemsg{
 						Type:  GidmapPathAttr,
 						Value: []byte(path),
diff --git a/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/execabs/execabs.go b/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/execabs/execabs.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bf40fdfecd..00000000000
--- a/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/execabs/execabs.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-// Package execabs is a drop-in replacement for os/exec
-// that requires PATH lookups to find absolute paths.
-// That is, execabs.Command("cmd") runs the same PATH lookup
-// as exec.Command("cmd"), but if the result is a path
-// which is relative, the Run and Start methods will report
-// an error instead of running the executable.
-//
-// See https://blog.golang.org/path-security for more information
-// about when it may be necessary or appropriate to use this package.
-package execabs
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"reflect"
-	"unsafe"
-)
-
-// ErrNotFound is the error resulting if a path search failed to find an executable file.
-// It is an alias for exec.ErrNotFound.
-var ErrNotFound = exec.ErrNotFound
-
-// Cmd represents an external command being prepared or run.
-// It is an alias for exec.Cmd.
-type Cmd = exec.Cmd
-
-// Error is returned by LookPath when it fails to classify a file as an executable.
-// It is an alias for exec.Error.
-type Error = exec.Error
-
-// An ExitError reports an unsuccessful exit by a command.
-// It is an alias for exec.ExitError.
-type ExitError = exec.ExitError
-
-func relError(file, path string) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("%s resolves to executable in current directory (.%c%s)", file, filepath.Separator, path)
-}
-
-// LookPath searches for an executable named file in the directories
-// named by the PATH environment variable. If file contains a slash,
-// it is tried directly and the PATH is not consulted. The result will be
-// an absolute path.
-//
-// LookPath differs from exec.LookPath in its handling of PATH lookups,
-// which are used for file names without slashes. If exec.LookPath's
-// PATH lookup would have returned an executable from the current directory,
-// LookPath instead returns an error.
-func LookPath(file string) (string, error) {
-	path, err := exec.LookPath(file)
-	if err != nil && !isGo119ErrDot(err) {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	if filepath.Base(file) == file && !filepath.IsAbs(path) {
-		return "", relError(file, path)
-	}
-	return path, nil
-}
-
-func fixCmd(name string, cmd *exec.Cmd) {
-	if filepath.Base(name) == name && !filepath.IsAbs(cmd.Path) && !isGo119ErrFieldSet(cmd) {
-		// exec.Command was called with a bare binary name and
-		// exec.LookPath returned a path which is not absolute.
-		// Set cmd.lookPathErr and clear cmd.Path so that it
-		// cannot be run.
-		lookPathErr := (*error)(unsafe.Pointer(reflect.ValueOf(cmd).Elem().FieldByName("lookPathErr").Addr().Pointer()))
-		if *lookPathErr == nil {
-			*lookPathErr = relError(name, cmd.Path)
-		}
-		cmd.Path = ""
-	}
-}
-
-// CommandContext is like Command but includes a context.
-//
-// The provided context is used to kill the process (by calling os.Process.Kill)
-// if the context becomes done before the command completes on its own.
-func CommandContext(ctx context.Context, name string, arg ...string) *exec.Cmd {
-	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, name, arg...)
-	fixCmd(name, cmd)
-	return cmd
-
-}
-
-// Command returns the Cmd struct to execute the named program with the given arguments.
-// See exec.Command for most details.
-//
-// Command differs from exec.Command in its handling of PATH lookups,
-// which are used when the program name contains no slashes.
-// If exec.Command would have returned an exec.Cmd configured to run an
-// executable from the current directory, Command instead
-// returns an exec.Cmd that will return an error from Start or Run.
-func Command(name string, arg ...string) *exec.Cmd {
-	cmd := exec.Command(name, arg...)
-	fixCmd(name, cmd)
-	return cmd
-}
diff --git a/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/execabs/execabs_go118.go b/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/execabs/execabs_go118.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5627d70e398..00000000000
--- a/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/execabs/execabs_go118.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-//go:build !go1.19
-
-package execabs
-
-import "os/exec"
-
-func isGo119ErrDot(err error) bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func isGo119ErrFieldSet(cmd *exec.Cmd) bool {
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/execabs/execabs_go119.go b/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/execabs/execabs_go119.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d60ab1b4195..00000000000
--- a/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/execabs/execabs_go119.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-//go:build go1.19
-
-package execabs
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"os/exec"
-)
-
-func isGo119ErrDot(err error) bool {
-	return errors.Is(err, exec.ErrDot)
-}
-
-func isGo119ErrFieldSet(cmd *exec.Cmd) bool {
-	return cmd.Err != nil
-}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 68e70034b8b..68ee95a3ca2 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ golang.org/x/exp/constraints
 golang.org/x/net/bpf
 # golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0
 ## explicit; go 1.18
-golang.org/x/sys/execabs
 golang.org/x/sys/unix
 golang.org/x/sys/windows
 # google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0