diff --git a/archutils/epoll.go b/epoll/epoll.go
similarity index 96%
rename from archutils/epoll.go
rename to epoll/epoll.go
index 3f08d8fb5..ae2092269 100644
--- a/archutils/epoll.go
+++ b/epoll/epoll.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // +build linux,!arm64
 
-package archutils
+package epoll
 
 import (
 	"syscall"
diff --git a/archutils/epoll_arm64.go b/epoll/epoll_arm64.go
similarity index 98%
rename from archutils/epoll_arm64.go
rename to epoll/epoll_arm64.go
index 3c6e63d3d..302408386 100644
--- a/archutils/epoll_arm64.go
+++ b/epoll/epoll_arm64.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // +build linux,arm64
 
-package archutils
+package epoll
 
 // #include <sys/epoll.h>
 /*
diff --git a/monitor/monitor_linux.go b/monitor/monitor_linux.go
index b0f451f4c..6a44a1fea 100644
--- a/monitor/monitor_linux.go
+++ b/monitor/monitor_linux.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/docker/containerd/archutils"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/epoll"
 )
 
 type Monitorable interface {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Flusher interface {
 // New returns a new process monitor that emits events whenever the
 // state of the fd refering to a process changes
 func New() (*Monitor, error) {
-	fd, err := archutils.EpollCreate1(0)
+	fd, err := epoll.EpollCreate1(0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) Add(ma Monitorable) error {
 		Fd:     int32(fd),
 		Events: syscall.EPOLLHUP,
 	}
-	if err := archutils.EpollCtl(m.epollFd, syscall.EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &event); err != nil {
+	if err := epoll.EpollCtl(m.epollFd, syscall.EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &event); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	m.receivers[fd] = ma
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) Close() error {
 func (m *Monitor) Run() {
 	var events [128]syscall.EpollEvent
 	for {
-		n, err := archutils.EpollWait(m.epollFd, events[:], -1)
+		n, err := epoll.EpollWait(m.epollFd, events[:], -1)
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == syscall.EINTR {
 				continue