diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index ee01b781..ab51bab5 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ imports:
   version: 91c326c3f7bd20f0226d3d1c289dd9f8ce28d33d
   subpackages:
   - statsd
-- name: github.com/facebookgo/clock
-  version: 600d898af40aa09a7a93ecb9265d87b0504b6f03
 - name: github.com/golang/protobuf
   version: 130e6b02ab059e7b717a096f397c5b60111cae74
   subpackages:
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index 3ece1314..046e2de5 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import:
   version: ~3.1.0
   subpackages:
   - statsd
-- package: github.com/facebookgo/clock
-  version: 600d898af40aa09a7a93ecb9265d87b0504b6f03
 - package: github.com/prometheus/client_golang
   version: ^0.8.0
   subpackages:
diff --git a/scope.go b/scope.go
index 8db3a239..f8ff2f00 100644
--- a/scope.go
+++ b/scope.go
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/facebookgo/clock"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ var (
 	// DefaultSeparator is the default separator used to join nested scopes
 	DefaultSeparator = "."
 
-	globalClock = clock.New()
+	globalNow = time.Now
 
 	defaultScopeBuckets = DurationBuckets{
 		0 * time.Millisecond,
diff --git a/stats.go b/stats.go
index f6244684..98ac4ba4 100644
--- a/stats.go
+++ b/stats.go
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ func (t *timer) Record(interval time.Duration) {
 }
 
 func (t *timer) Start() Stopwatch {
-	return NewStopwatch(globalClock.Now(), t)
+	return NewStopwatch(globalNow(), t)
 }
 
 func (t *timer) RecordStopwatch(stopwatchStart time.Time) {
-	d := globalClock.Now().Sub(stopwatchStart)
+	d := globalNow().Sub(stopwatchStart)
 	t.Record(d)
 }
 
@@ -367,11 +367,11 @@ func (h *histogram) RecordDuration(value time.Duration) {
 }
 
 func (h *histogram) Start() Stopwatch {
-	return NewStopwatch(globalClock.Now(), h)
+	return NewStopwatch(globalNow(), h)
 }
 
 func (h *histogram) RecordStopwatch(stopwatchStart time.Time) {
-	d := globalClock.Now().Sub(stopwatchStart)
+	d := globalNow().Sub(stopwatchStart)
 	h.RecordDuration(d)
 }