diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index 5f76cc0959..84c600fcb0 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ func (v *Viper) WatchConfig() {
 	initWG := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	initWG.Add(1)
 	go func() {
-		watcher, err := newWatcher()
+		watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/watch.go b/watch.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b5523b8f9d..0000000000
--- a/watch.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !js
-// +build !js
-
-package viper
-
-import "github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
-
-type watcher = fsnotify.Watcher
-
-func newWatcher() (*watcher, error) {
-	return fsnotify.NewWatcher()
-}
diff --git a/watch_wasm.go b/watch_wasm.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e47e6a910..0000000000
--- a/watch_wasm.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// +build js,wasm
-
-package viper
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-
-	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
-)
-
-type watcher struct {
-	Events chan fsnotify.Event
-	Errors chan error
-}
-
-func (*watcher) Close() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (*watcher) Add(name string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (*watcher) Remove(name string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func newWatcher() (*watcher, error) {
-	return &watcher{}, errors.New("fsnotify is not supported on WASM")
-}