diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 19d331836..e0553816b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -515,7 +515,6 @@ libevent_a_SOURCES = \
 	src/event/PollResultGeneric.hxx \
 	src/event/SignalMonitor.hxx src/event/SignalMonitor.cxx \
 	src/event/TimerEvent.hxx src/event/TimerEvent.cxx \
-	src/event/TimeoutMonitor.hxx \
 	src/event/IdleMonitor.hxx src/event/IdleMonitor.cxx \
 	src/event/DeferredMonitor.hxx src/event/DeferredMonitor.cxx \
 	src/event/DeferredCall.hxx \
diff --git a/src/event/TimeoutMonitor.hxx b/src/event/TimeoutMonitor.hxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 59677aa8d..000000000
--- a/src/event/TimeoutMonitor.hxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2003-2017 The Music Player Daemon Project
- * http://www.musicpd.org
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- */
-
-#ifndef MPD_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_MONITOR_HXX
-#define MPD_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_MONITOR_HXX
-
-#include "check.h"
-#include "TimerEvent.hxx"
-
-#include <boost/intrusive/set_hook.hpp>
-
-#include <chrono>
-
-class EventLoop;
-
-/**
- * This class monitors a timeout.  Use Schedule() to begin the timeout
- * or Cancel() to cancel it.
- *
- * This class is not thread-safe, all methods must be called from the
- * thread that runs the #EventLoop, except where explicitly documented
- * as thread-safe.
- */
-class TimeoutMonitor {
-	TimerEvent timer;
-
-public:
-	TimeoutMonitor(EventLoop &_loop)
-		:timer(_loop, BIND_THIS_METHOD(Run)) {
-	}
-
-	EventLoop &GetEventLoop() {
-		return timer.GetEventLoop();
-	}
-
-	bool IsActive() const {
-		return timer.IsActive();
-	}
-
-	void Schedule(std::chrono::steady_clock::duration d) {
-		timer.Schedule(d);
-	}
-
-	void Cancel() {
-		timer.Cancel();
-	}
-
-protected:
-	virtual void OnTimeout() = 0;
-
-private:
-	void Run() {
-		OnTimeout();
-	}
-};
-
-#endif /* MAIN_NOTIFY_H */