diff --git a/repos/ports/src/app/netperf/timer.cc b/repos/ports/src/app/netperf/timer.cc
index be8b879865..1b09860350 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/app/netperf/timer.cc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/app/netperf/timer.cc
@@ -11,79 +11,14 @@
  * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
  */
 
-#include <base/alarm.h>
-#include <base/thread.h>
-#include <timer_session/connection.h>
-
-
-using namespace Genode;
-
-class Alarm_thread : Thread_deprecated<2048*sizeof(long)>, public Alarm_scheduler
-{
-	private:
-
-		Timer::Connection _timer;
-		Alarm::Time       _curr_time;   /* jiffies value */
-
-		enum { TIMER_GRANULARITY_MSEC = 10 };
-
-		/**
-		 * Thread entry function
-		 */
-		void entry()
-		{
-			while (true) {
-				_timer.msleep(TIMER_GRANULARITY_MSEC);
-				Alarm_scheduler::handle(_curr_time);
-				_curr_time += TIMER_GRANULARITY_MSEC;
-			}
-		}
-
-	public:
-
-		/**
-		 * Constructor
-		 */
-		Alarm_thread(): Thread_deprecated("netperf_alarm"), _curr_time(0) { start(); }
-
-		Alarm::Time curr_time() { return _curr_time; }
-};
-
+#include <base/log.h>
 
 /* defined in "ports/contrib/netperf/src/netlib.c" */
 extern "C" int times_up;
 
 
-class One_shot : public Alarm
-{
-	private:
-
-		Alarm_scheduler *_scheduler;
-
-	public:
-
-		One_shot(Alarm_scheduler *scheduler) : _scheduler(scheduler) { }
-
-		void set_timeout(Time absolute_timeout)
-		{
-			_scheduler->schedule_absolute(this, absolute_timeout);
-		}
-
-	protected:
-
-		bool on_alarm(unsigned) override
-		{
-			times_up = 1;
-			return false;
-		}
-};
-
-
 extern "C" void
 start_timer(int time)
 {
-	static Alarm_thread alarm_thread;
-	static One_shot oneshot(&alarm_thread);
-
-	oneshot.set_timeout(alarm_thread.curr_time() + time * 1000);
+	Genode::warning(__func__, " not implemented, 'times_up' is never updated");
 }