diff --git a/src/event/Loop.cxx b/src/event/Loop.cxx
index 92492387b..e2f021016 100644
--- a/src/event/Loop.cxx
+++ b/src/event/Loop.cxx
@@ -193,16 +193,6 @@ EventLoop::Run()
 
 #ifdef USE_INTERNAL_EVENTLOOP
 
-void
-EventLoop::AddCall(std::function<void()> &&f)
-{
-	mutex.lock();
-	calls.push_back(f);
-	mutex.unlock();
-
-	wake_fd.Write();
-}
-
 void
 EventLoop::AddDeferred(DeferredMonitor &d)
 {
@@ -262,15 +252,6 @@ EventLoop::OnSocketReady(gcc_unused unsigned flags)
 		mutex.lock();
 	}
 
-	while (!calls.empty() && !quit) {
-		auto f = std::move(calls.front());
-		calls.pop_front();
-
-		mutex.unlock();
-		f();
-		mutex.lock();
-	}
-
 	mutex.unlock();
 
 	return true;
diff --git a/src/event/Loop.hxx b/src/event/Loop.hxx
index 0586a1f68..60d52ba52 100644
--- a/src/event/Loop.hxx
+++ b/src/event/Loop.hxx
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "WakeFD.hxx"
 #include "SocketMonitor.hxx"
 
-#include <functional>
 #include <list>
 #include <set>
 #endif
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ class EventLoop final
 	std::list<IdleMonitor *> idle;
 
 	Mutex mutex;
-	std::list<std::function<void()>> calls;
 	std::list<DeferredMonitor *> deferred;
 
 	unsigned now_ms;
@@ -156,13 +154,6 @@ public:
 	void AddTimer(TimeoutMonitor &t, unsigned ms);
 	void CancelTimer(TimeoutMonitor &t);
 
-	/**
-	 * Schedule a function to be called inside the thread.
-	 *
-	 * This method is thread-safe.
-	 */
-	void AddCall(std::function<void()> &&f);
-
 	/**
 	 * Schedule a call to DeferredMonitor::RunDeferred().
 	 *