diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/vxworks/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/vxworks/mod.rs
index 1763ed50547..def23c70456 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/vxworks/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/vxworks/mod.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 pub mod pipe;
 pub mod process;
 pub mod rand;
+#[path = "../unix/rwlock.rs"]
 pub mod rwlock;
 pub mod stack_overflow;
 pub mod stdio;
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/vxworks/rwlock.rs b/library/std/src/sys/vxworks/rwlock.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c90304c2b4a..00000000000
--- a/library/std/src/sys/vxworks/rwlock.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-use crate::cell::UnsafeCell;
-use crate::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-
-pub struct RWLock {
-    inner: UnsafeCell<libc::pthread_rwlock_t>,
-    write_locked: UnsafeCell<bool>,
-    num_readers: AtomicUsize,
-}
-
-unsafe impl Send for RWLock {}
-unsafe impl Sync for RWLock {}
-
-impl RWLock {
-    pub const fn new() -> RWLock {
-        RWLock {
-            inner: UnsafeCell::new(libc::PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER),
-            write_locked: UnsafeCell::new(false),
-            num_readers: AtomicUsize::new(0),
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn read(&self) {
-        let r = libc::pthread_rwlock_rdlock(self.inner.get());
-        if r == libc::EAGAIN {
-            panic!("rwlock maximum reader count exceeded");
-        } else if r == libc::EDEADLK || (r == 0 && *self.write_locked.get()) {
-            if r == 0 {
-                self.raw_unlock();
-            }
-            panic!("rwlock read lock would result in deadlock");
-        } else {
-            debug_assert_eq!(r, 0);
-            self.num_readers.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn try_read(&self) -> bool {
-        let r = libc::pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock(self.inner.get());
-        if r == 0 {
-            if *self.write_locked.get() {
-                self.raw_unlock();
-                false
-            } else {
-                self.num_readers.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
-                true
-            }
-        } else {
-            false
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn write(&self) {
-        let r = libc::pthread_rwlock_wrlock(self.inner.get());
-        // See comments above for why we check for EDEADLK and write_locked. We
-        // also need to check that num_readers is 0.
-        if r == libc::EDEADLK
-            || *self.write_locked.get()
-            || self.num_readers.load(Ordering::Relaxed) != 0
-        {
-            if r == 0 {
-                self.raw_unlock();
-            }
-            panic!("rwlock write lock would result in deadlock");
-        } else {
-            debug_assert_eq!(r, 0);
-        }
-        *self.write_locked.get() = true;
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn try_write(&self) -> bool {
-        let r = libc::pthread_rwlock_trywrlock(self.inner.get());
-        if r == 0 {
-            if *self.write_locked.get() || self.num_readers.load(Ordering::Relaxed) != 0 {
-                self.raw_unlock();
-                false
-            } else {
-                *self.write_locked.get() = true;
-                true
-            }
-        } else {
-            false
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    unsafe fn raw_unlock(&self) {
-        let r = libc::pthread_rwlock_unlock(self.inner.get());
-        debug_assert_eq!(r, 0);
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn read_unlock(&self) {
-        debug_assert!(!*self.write_locked.get());
-        self.num_readers.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
-        self.raw_unlock();
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn write_unlock(&self) {
-        debug_assert_eq!(self.num_readers.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 0);
-        debug_assert!(*self.write_locked.get());
-        *self.write_locked.get() = false;
-        self.raw_unlock();
-    }
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn destroy(&self) {
-        let r = libc::pthread_rwlock_destroy(self.inner.get());
-        debug_assert_eq!(r, 0);
-    }
-}