diff --git a/rule/call_to_gc.go b/rule/call_to_gc.go
index c3eb1bb71..b0bc8bbd4 100644
--- a/rule/call_to_gc.go
+++ b/rule/call_to_gc.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package rule
 import (
 	"go/ast"
 
+	"github.com/mgechev/revive/internal/astutils"
 	"github.com/mgechev/revive/lint"
 )
 
@@ -16,11 +17,7 @@ func (*CallToGCRule) Apply(file *lint.File, _ lint.Arguments) []lint.Failure {
 		failures = append(failures, failure)
 	}
 
-	gcTriggeringFunctions := map[string]map[string]bool{
-		"runtime": {"GC": true},
-	}
-
-	w := lintCallToGC{onFailure, gcTriggeringFunctions}
+	w := lintCallToGC{onFailure}
 	ast.Walk(w, file.AST)
 
 	return failures
@@ -32,31 +29,17 @@ func (*CallToGCRule) Name() string {
 }
 
 type lintCallToGC struct {
-	onFailure             func(lint.Failure)
-	gcTriggeringFunctions map[string]map[string]bool
+	onFailure func(lint.Failure)
 }
 
 func (w lintCallToGC) Visit(node ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
 	ce, ok := node.(*ast.CallExpr)
 	if !ok {
-		return w // nothing to do, the node is not a call
-	}
-
-	fc, ok := ce.Fun.(*ast.SelectorExpr)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil // nothing to do, the call is not of the form pkg.func(...)
-	}
-
-	id, ok := fc.X.(*ast.Ident)
-
-	if !ok {
-		return nil // in case X is not an id (it should be!)
+		return w // nothing to do, the node is not a function call
 	}
 
-	fn := fc.Sel.Name
-	pkg := id.Name
-	if !w.gcTriggeringFunctions[pkg][fn] {
-		return nil // it isn't a call to a GC triggering function
+	if !astutils.IsPkgDotName(ce.Fun, "runtime", "GC") {
+		return nil // nothing to do, the call is not a call to the Garbage Collector
 	}
 
 	w.onFailure(lint.Failure{