This isn't even correct on Linux as it won't work if your user has anything other than or in addition to the dns module in their nsswitch.conf. You must use glibc's resolution on Linux for correct behavior. If it's software on your own systems then do what you want but you'll piss off some sysadmins deploying your software if you don't. Even Go farms out to cgo to resolve names if it detects modules it doesn't recognize.