diff --git a/runtime/v2/shim/util_unix.go b/runtime/v2/shim/util_unix.go
index 9c505707e..f956b0986 100644
--- a/runtime/v2/shim/util_unix.go
+++ b/runtime/v2/shim/util_unix.go
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ func getSysProcAttr() *syscall.SysProcAttr {
 	}
 }
 
-// SetScore sets the oom score for a process
-func SetScore(pid int) error {
-	return sys.SetOOMScore(pid, sys.OOMScoreMaxKillable)
-}
-
 // AdjustOOMScore sets the OOM score for the process to the parents OOM score +1
 // to ensure that they parent has a lower* score than the shim
 // if not already at the maximum OOM Score
diff --git a/sys/oom_linux.go b/sys/oom_linux.go
index 8e1e3f2f9..6e759a0b1 100644
--- a/sys/oom_linux.go
+++ b/sys/oom_linux.go
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// OOMScoreMaxKillable is the maximum score keeping the process killable by the oom killer
-	OOMScoreMaxKillable = -999
 	// OOMScoreAdjMin is from OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.10/include/uapi/linux/oom.h#L9
 	OOMScoreAdjMin = -1000
 	// OOMScoreAdjMax is from OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.10/include/uapi/linux/oom.h#L10