diff --git a/host/host_darwin.go b/host/host_darwin.go
index 5cf22b7c..9f2b6b4e 100644
--- a/host/host_darwin.go
+++ b/host/host_darwin.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -68,9 +67,9 @@ func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
 		ret.Procs = uint64(len(procs))
 	}
 
-	values, err := common.DoSysctrlWithContext(ctx, "kern.uuid")
-	if err == nil && len(values) == 1 && values[0] != "" {
-		ret.HostID = strings.ToLower(values[0])
+	uuid, err := unix.Sysctl("kern.uuid")
+	if err == nil && uuid != "" {
+		ret.HostID = strings.ToLower(uuid)
 	}
 
 	return ret, nil
@@ -84,24 +83,22 @@ func BootTime() (uint64, error) {
 }
 
 func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
+	// https://github.com/AaronO/dashd/blob/222e32ef9f7a1f9bea4a8da2c3627c4cb992f860/probe/probe_darwin.go
 	t := atomic.LoadUint64(&cachedBootTime)
 	if t != 0 {
 		return t, nil
 	}
-	values, err := common.DoSysctrlWithContext(ctx, "kern.boottime")
+	value, err := unix.Sysctl("kern.boottime")
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	// ex: { sec = 1392261637, usec = 627534 } Thu Feb 13 12:20:37 2014
-	v := strings.Replace(values[2], ",", "", 1)
-	boottime, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	t = uint64(boottime)
-	atomic.StoreUint64(&cachedBootTime, t)
+	bytes := []byte(value[:])
+	var boottime uint64
+	boottime = uint64(bytes[0]) + uint64(bytes[1])*256 + uint64(bytes[2])*256*256 + uint64(bytes[3])*256*256*256
 
-	return t, nil
+	atomic.StoreUint64(&cachedBootTime, boottime)
+
+	return boottime, nil
 }
 
 func uptime(boot uint64) uint64 {
@@ -113,7 +110,7 @@ func Uptime() (uint64, error) {
 }
 
 func UptimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
-	boot, err := BootTime()
+	boot, err := BootTimeWithContext(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}