diff --git a/pkg/compressio/compressio_test.go b/pkg/compressio/compressio_test.go
index 7b40a6f1d..02208c8ed 100644
--- a/pkg/compressio/compressio_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compressio/compressio_test.go
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ func doTest(t harness, opts testOpts) {
 var hashKey = []byte("01234567890123456789012345678901")
 
 func TestCompress(t *testing.T) {
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
-
 	var (
 		data  = initTest(t, 10*1024*1024)
 		data0 = data[:0]
diff --git a/pkg/compressio/nocompressio_test.go b/pkg/compressio/nocompressio_test.go
index 25c2ba322..ae2908a45 100644
--- a/pkg/compressio/nocompressio_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compressio/nocompressio_test.go
@@ -18,14 +18,10 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"math/rand"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 )
 
 func TestNoCompress(t *testing.T) {
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
-
 	var (
 		data  = initTest(t, 10*1024*1024)
 		data0 = data[:0]
diff --git a/pkg/state/statefile/statefile_test.go b/pkg/state/statefile/statefile_test.go
index af9049f4c..1e6423a9b 100644
--- a/pkg/state/statefile/statefile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/state/statefile/statefile_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/compressio"
 )
@@ -44,8 +43,6 @@ type testCase struct {
 }
 
 func TestStatefile(t *testing.T) {
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
-
 	compression := map[string]CompressionLevel{
 		"none":       CompressionLevelNone,
 		"compressed": CompressionLevelFlateBestSpeed,
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/sample/tun_tcp_connect/main.go b/pkg/tcpip/sample/tun_tcp_connect/main.go
index fa47c233e..810f4c23d 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/sample/tun_tcp_connect/main.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/sample/tun_tcp_connect/main.go
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
-	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/rawfile"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip"
@@ -100,8 +98,6 @@ func main() {
 	remoteAddrName := os.Args[4]
 	remotePortName := os.Args[5]
 
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
-
 	addr := tcpip.AddrFromSlice(net.ParseIP(addrName).To4())
 	remote := tcpip.FullAddress{
 		NIC:  1,
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/sample/tun_tcp_echo/main.go b/pkg/tcpip/sample/tun_tcp_echo/main.go
index e53c7948d..2223a17d1 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/sample/tun_tcp_echo/main.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/sample/tun_tcp_echo/main.go
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"io"
 	"log"
-	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/rawfile"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip"
@@ -113,8 +111,6 @@ func main() {
 	addrName := flag.Arg(1)
 	portName := flag.Arg(2)
 
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
-
 	// Parse the mac address.
 	maddr, err := net.ParseMAC(*mac)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/runsc/boot/loader.go b/runsc/boot/loader.go
index cc94d205c..f00810559 100644
--- a/runsc/boot/loader.go
+++ b/runsc/boot/loader.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	mrand "math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
@@ -294,11 +293,6 @@ type FDMapping struct {
 	Host  int
 }
 
-func init() {
-	// Initialize the random number generator.
-	mrand.Seed(gtime.Now().UnixNano())
-}
-
 // Args are the arguments for New().
 type Args struct {
 	// Id is the sandbox ID.
diff --git a/runsc/boot/loader_test.go b/runsc/boot/loader_test.go
index 414e553c8..ab99ee5c2 100644
--- a/runsc/boot/loader_test.go
+++ b/runsc/boot/loader_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	log.SetLevel(log.Debug)
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
 	if err := fsgofer.OpenProcSelfFD("/proc/self/fd"); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/tcp/tcp_proxy.go b/test/benchmarks/tcp/tcp_proxy.go
index 47a4ec9fc..eef0a7f10 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/tcp/tcp_proxy.go
+++ b/test/benchmarks/tcp/tcp_proxy.go
@@ -398,10 +398,6 @@ func main() {
 	if *forward == "" {
 		log.Fatalf("no forward provided")
 	}
-	// Seed the random number generator to ensure that we are given MAC addresses that don't
-	// for the case of the client and server stack.
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
-
 	if *cpuprofile != "" {
 		f, err := os.Create(*cpuprofile)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/fsstress/fsstress_test.go b/test/fsstress/fsstress_test.go
index 120c1d204..4bef05d4a 100644
--- a/test/fsstress/fsstress_test.go
+++ b/test/fsstress/fsstress_test.go
@@ -24,17 +24,12 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/mount"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/test/dockerutil"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/test/testutil"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	rand.Seed(int64(time.Now().Nanosecond()))
-}
-
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	dockerutil.EnsureSupportedDockerVersion()
 	flag.Parse()