diff --git a/bin/named/control.c b/bin/named/control.c
index d07896ecd5..29d1cd1f0f 100644
--- a/bin/named/control.c
+++ b/bin/named/control.c
@@ -278,9 +278,6 @@ named_control_docommand(isccc_sexpr_t *message, bool readonly,
 		   command_compare(command, NAMED_COMMAND_UNFREEZE))
 	{
 		result = named_server_freeze(named_g_server, false, lex, text);
-	} else if (command_compare(command, NAMED_COMMAND_TIMERPOKE)) {
-		isc_timermgr_poke(named_g_timermgr);
-		result = ISC_R_SUCCESS;
 	} else if (command_compare(command, NAMED_COMMAND_TRACE)) {
 		result = named_server_setdebuglevel(named_g_server, lex);
 	} else if (command_compare(command, NAMED_COMMAND_TSIGDELETE)) {
diff --git a/bin/named/include/named/control.h b/bin/named/include/named/control.h
index 29b56775fd..1ea4c490fb 100644
--- a/bin/named/include/named/control.h
+++ b/bin/named/include/named/control.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 #define NAMED_COMMAND_FREEZE	   "freeze"
 #define NAMED_COMMAND_UNFREEZE	   "unfreeze"
 #define NAMED_COMMAND_THAW	   "thaw"
-#define NAMED_COMMAND_TIMERPOKE	   "timerpoke"
 #define NAMED_COMMAND_RECURSING	   "recursing"
 #define NAMED_COMMAND_NULL	   "null"
 #define NAMED_COMMAND_NOTIFY	   "notify"
diff --git a/lib/isc/include/isc/timer.h b/lib/isc/include/isc/timer.h
index ac3133fa31..3983c4e386 100644
--- a/lib/isc/include/isc/timer.h
+++ b/lib/isc/include/isc/timer.h
@@ -252,7 +252,4 @@ isc_timer_gettype(isc_timer_t *timer);
  *\li	'timer' to be a valid timer.
  */
 
-void
-isc_timermgr_poke(isc_timermgr_t *m);
-
 ISC_LANG_ENDDECLS
diff --git a/lib/isc/timer.c b/lib/isc/timer.c
index 02eeafe4e8..544e79655e 100644
--- a/lib/isc/timer.c
+++ b/lib/isc/timer.c
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ struct isc_timermgr {
 	isc_heap_t *heap;
 };
 
-void
-isc_timermgr_poke(isc_timermgr_t *manager);
-
 static inline isc_result_t
 schedule(isc_timer_t *timer, isc_time_t *now, bool signal_ok) {
 	isc_timermgr_t *manager;
@@ -629,13 +626,6 @@ isc__timermgr_create(isc_mem_t *mctx, isc_timermgr_t **managerp) {
 	return (ISC_R_SUCCESS);
 }
 
-void
-isc_timermgr_poke(isc_timermgr_t *manager) {
-	REQUIRE(VALID_MANAGER(manager));
-
-	SIGNAL(&manager->wakeup);
-}
-
 void
 isc__timermgr_destroy(isc_timermgr_t **managerp) {
 	isc_timermgr_t *manager;