diff --git a/cmd/containerd/main.go b/cmd/containerd/main.go
index a2c4d4b76..a8a9c045f 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd/main.go
@@ -23,14 +23,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/cmd/containerd/command"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/hasher"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/seed" //nolint:staticcheck // Global math/rand seed is deprecated, but still used by external dependencies
 
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/cmd/containerd/builtins"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Global math/rand seed is deprecated, but still used by external dependencies
-	seed.WithTimeAndRand()
 	crypto.RegisterHash(crypto.SHA256, hasher.NewSHA256)
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/main.go b/cmd/ctr/main.go
index 350982e0b..6f7665e31 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/main.go
@@ -23,15 +23,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/cmd/ctr/app"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/hasher"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/seed" //nolint:staticcheck // Global math/rand seed is deprecated, but still used by external dependencies
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
 var pluginCmds = []*cli.Command{}
 
 func init() {
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Global math/rand seed is deprecated, but still used by external dependencies
-	seed.WithTimeAndRand()
 	crypto.RegisterHash(crypto.SHA256, hasher.NewSHA256)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/seed/seed.go b/pkg/seed/seed.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b8442a88e..000000000
--- a/pkg/seed/seed.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
-   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-   limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// Package seed provides an initializer for the global [math/rand] seed.
-//
-// Deprecated: Do not rely on the global seed.
-package seed
-
-import (
-	"math/rand"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// WithTimeAndRand seeds the global math rand generator with nanoseconds
-// XOR'ed with a crypto component if available for uniqueness.
-//
-// Deprecated: Do not rely on the global seed.
-func WithTimeAndRand() {
-	var (
-		b [4]byte
-		u int64
-	)
-
-	tryReadRandom(b[:])
-
-	// Set higher 32 bits, bottom 32 will be set with nanos
-	u |= (int64(b[0]) << 56) | (int64(b[1]) << 48) | (int64(b[2]) << 40) | (int64(b[3]) << 32)
-
-	rand.Seed(u ^ time.Now().UnixNano())
-}
diff --git a/pkg/seed/seed_linux.go b/pkg/seed/seed_linux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f1ef74bb..000000000
--- a/pkg/seed/seed_linux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
-   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-   limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package seed
-
-import "golang.org/x/sys/unix"
-
-func tryReadRandom(p []byte) {
-	// Ignore errors, just decreases uniqueness of seed
-	unix.Getrandom(p, unix.GRND_NONBLOCK)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/seed/seed_other.go b/pkg/seed/seed_other.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 03cd46ba9..000000000
--- a/pkg/seed/seed_other.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !linux
-
-/*
-   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-   limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package seed
-
-import (
-	"crypto/rand"
-	"io"
-)
-
-func tryReadRandom(p []byte) {
-	io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, p)
-}