diff --git a/libcni/api.go b/libcni/api.go
index 5c7f3b02..25a49927 100644
--- a/libcni/api.go
+++ b/libcni/api.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ package libcni
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -815,7 +816,7 @@ func (c *CNIConfig) GCNetworkList(ctx context.Context, list *NetworkConfigList,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return joinErrors(errs...)
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 func (c *CNIConfig) gcNetwork(ctx context.Context, net *NetworkConfig) error {
diff --git a/libcni/multierror.go b/libcni/multierror.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 100fb839..00000000
--- a/libcni/multierror.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-// Copyright the CNI 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.
-//
-// Adapted from errors/join.go from go 1.20
-// This package can be removed once the toolchain is updated to 1.20
-
-package libcni
-
-func joinErrors(errs ...error) error {
-	n := 0
-	for _, err := range errs {
-		if err != nil {
-			n++
-		}
-	}
-	if n == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	e := &multiError{
-		errs: make([]error, 0, n),
-	}
-	for _, err := range errs {
-		if err != nil {
-			e.errs = append(e.errs, err)
-		}
-	}
-	return e
-}
-
-type multiError struct {
-	errs []error
-}
-
-func (e *multiError) Error() string {
-	var b []byte
-	for i, err := range e.errs {
-		if i > 0 {
-			b = append(b, '\n')
-		}
-		b = append(b, err.Error()...)
-	}
-	return string(b)
-}