diff --git a/daemon/logger/journald/internal/fake/sender.go b/daemon/logger/journald/internal/fake/sender.go
index 7be85ac5e8..355bb426e6 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/journald/internal/fake/sender.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/journald/internal/fake/sender.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"code.cloudfoundry.org/clock"
 	"github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/journal"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/internal/lazyregexp"
@@ -60,8 +59,9 @@ type Sender struct {
 	CmdName    string
 	OutputPath string
 
-	// Clock for timestamping sent messages.
-	Clock clock.Clock
+	// Now returns the current time for timestamping sent messages.
+	// Defaults to time.Now if nil.
+	Now func() time.Time
 	// Whether to assign the event's realtime timestamp to the time
 	// specified by the SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP variable value. This is roughly
 	// analogous to journald receiving the event and assigning it a
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ func New(outpath string) (*Sender, error) {
 	sender := &Sender{
 		CmdName:    p,
 		OutputPath: outpath,
-		Clock:      clock.NewClock(),
 		BootID:     uuid.New(), // UUIDv4, like systemd itself generates for sd_id128 values.
 	}
 	return sender, nil
@@ -130,7 +129,11 @@ func (s *Sender) Send(message string, priority journal.Priority, vars map[string
 			return fmt.Errorf("fake: error parsing SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP value %q: %w", ts, err)
 		}
 	} else {
-		ts = s.Clock.Now()
+		now := s.Now
+		if now == nil {
+			now = time.Now
+		}
+		ts = now()
 	}
 	if err := export.WriteField(&buf, "__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP", strconv.FormatInt(ts.UnixMicro(), 10)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("fake: error writing entry to systemd-journal-remote: %w", err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1331032926..3126a3dfff 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.25.5
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0
 	cloud.google.com/go/logging v1.13.1
-	code.cloudfoundry.org/clock v1.60.0
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2
 	github.com/AdaLogics/go-fuzz-headers v0.0.0-20240806141605-e8a1dd7889d6
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c
@@ -126,6 +125,7 @@ require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.18.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.8 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.7.0 // indirect
+	code.cloudfoundry.org/clock v1.60.0 // indirect
 	cyphar.com/go-pathrs v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/internal v1.11.2 // indirect