diff --git a/sched/sched/sched_timerexpiration.c b/sched/sched/sched_timerexpiration.c
index 5fb6d7743c..678e6b8218 100644
--- a/sched/sched/sched_timerexpiration.c
+++ b/sched/sched/sched_timerexpiration.c
@@ -45,31 +45,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_TICKLESS
 
-/****************************************************************************
- * Pre-processor Definitions
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-/* In the original design, it was planned that nxsched_reassess_timer() be
- * called whenever there was a change at the head of the ready-to-run
- * list.  That call was intended to establish a new time-slice or to
- * stop an old time-slice timer.  However, it turns out that that
- * solution is too fragile:  The system is too vulnerable at the time
- * that the ready-to-run list is modified in order to muck with timers.
- *
- * The kludge/work-around is simple to keep the timer running all of the
- * time with an interval of no more than the timeslice interval.  If we
- * do this, then there is really no need to do anything when on context
- * switches.
- */
-
-#define KEEP_ALIVE_HACK 1
-
-#if CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL > 0
-#  define KEEP_ALIVE_TICKS MSEC2TICK(CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL)
-#else
-#  define KEEP_ALIVE_TICKS MSEC2TICK(80)
-#endif
-
 /****************************************************************************
  * Public Data
  ****************************************************************************/
@@ -272,15 +247,6 @@ static uint32_t nxsched_cpu_scheduler(int cpu, uint32_t ticks,
 
   /* Returning zero means that there is no interesting event to be timed */
 
-#ifdef KEEP_ALIVE_HACK
-  if (ret == 0)
-    {
-      /* Apply the keep alive hack */
-
-      return KEEP_ALIVE_TICKS;
-    }
-#endif
-
   return ret;
 }
 #endif