diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/cycle_timer.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/cycle_timer.h
index 29cc76b768..1b980177a3 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/cycle_timer.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/cycle_timer.h
@@ -63,34 +63,3 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API CycleTimer {
 #endif
 	}
 };
-
-class LIBARDOUR_API StoringTimer
-{
-public:
-	StoringTimer (int);
-	void ref ();
-	void check (int);
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-	void dump (std::string const &);
-#endif
-
-private:
-	cycles_t _current_ref;
-	int* _point;
-	cycles_t* _value;
-	cycles_t* _ref;
-	int _points;
-	int _max_points;
-};
-
-#ifdef PT_TIMING
-extern StoringTimer ST;
-#define PT_TIMING_REF ST.ref();
-#define PT_TIMING_CHECK(x) ST.check(x);
-#endif
-
-#ifndef PT_TIMING
-#define PT_TIMING_REF
-#define PT_TIMING_CHECK(x)
-#endif
-
diff --git a/libs/ardour/audioengine.cc b/libs/ardour/audioengine.cc
index c6a82bd2e5..4032da8e21 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/audioengine.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/audioengine.cc
@@ -238,9 +238,6 @@ AudioEngine::process_callback (pframes_t nframes)
 	Glib::Threads::Mutex::Lock tm (_process_lock, Glib::Threads::TRY_LOCK);
 	Port::set_varispeed_ratio (1.0);
 
-	PT_TIMING_REF;
-	PT_TIMING_CHECK (1);
-
 	/// The number of samples that will have been processed when we've finished
 	pframes_t next_processed_samples;
 
@@ -636,8 +633,6 @@ AudioEngine::process_callback (pframes_t nframes)
 
 	_processed_samples = next_processed_samples;
 
-	PT_TIMING_CHECK (2);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/cycle_timer.cc b/libs/ardour/cycle_timer.cc
index aa3f79177b..7d094cddd1 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/cycle_timer.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/cycle_timer.cc
@@ -77,55 +77,3 @@ get_mhz()
 	abort(); /*NOTREACHED*/
 	return 0.0f;
 }
-
-StoringTimer::StoringTimer (int N)
-{
-	_point = new int[N];
-	_value = new cycles_t[N];
-	_ref = new cycles_t[N];
-	_max_points = N;
-	_points = 0;
-}
-
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-void
-StoringTimer::dump (string const & file)
-{
-	ofstream f (file.c_str ());
-
-	f << min (_points, _max_points) << "\n";
-	f << get_mhz () << "\n";
-	for (int i = 0; i < min (_points, _max_points); ++i) {
-		f << _point[i] << " " << _ref[i] << " " << _value[i] << "\n";
-	}
-}
-#endif
-
-void
-StoringTimer::ref ()
-{
-	_current_ref = get_cycles ();
-}
-
-void
-StoringTimer::check (int p)
-{
-	if (_points == _max_points) {
-		++_points;
-		return;
-	} else if (_points > _max_points) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	_point[_points] = p;
-	_value[_points] = get_cycles ();
-	_ref[_points] = _current_ref;
-
-	++_points;
-}
-
-#ifdef PT_TIMING
-StoringTimer ST (64 * 1024);
-#endif
-
-
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index a531343780..0e08e3de9b 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -578,9 +578,6 @@ Session::Session (AudioEngine &eng,
 
 Session::~Session ()
 {
-#ifdef PT_TIMING
-	ST.dump ("ST.dump");
-#endif
 	destroy ();
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_process.cc b/libs/ardour/session_process.cc
index 7d393f1585..f9f61b4216 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_process.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_process.cc
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ Session::fail_roll (pframes_t nframes)
 int
 Session::no_roll (pframes_t nframes)
 {
-	PT_TIMING_CHECK (4);
 	TimerRAII tr (dsp_stats[NoRoll]);
 
 	samplepos_t end_sample = _transport_sample + floor (nframes * _transport_fsm->transport_speed());
@@ -221,7 +220,6 @@ Session::no_roll (pframes_t nframes)
 		DEBUG_TRACE(DEBUG::ProcessThreads,"calling graph/no-roll\n");
 		_process_graph->routes_no_roll(graph_chain, nframes, _transport_sample, end_sample, non_realtime_work_pending());
 	} else {
-		PT_TIMING_CHECK (10);
 		for (auto const& i : *r) {
 
 			if (i->is_auditioner()) {
@@ -234,10 +232,8 @@ Session::no_roll (pframes_t nframes)
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		PT_TIMING_CHECK (11);
 	}
 
-	PT_TIMING_CHECK (5);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -371,7 +367,6 @@ Session::calc_preroll_subcycle (samplecnt_t ns) const
 void
 Session::process_with_events (pframes_t nframes)
 {
-	PT_TIMING_CHECK (3);
 	TimerRAII tr (dsp_stats[ProcessFunction]);
 
 	SessionEvent*  ev;
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 6f23b2439b..5f3b70406e 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -881,8 +881,6 @@ def options(opt):
                     help='Build with debugging for the STL')
     opt.add_option('--rt-alloc-debug', action='store_true', default=False, dest='rt_alloc_debug',
                     help='Build with debugging for memory allocation in the real-time thread')
-    opt.add_option('--pt-timing', action='store_true', default=False, dest='pt_timing',
-                    help='Build with logging of timing in the process thread(s)')
     opt.add_option('--denormal-exception', action='store_true', default=False, dest='denormal_exception',
                     help='Raise a floating point exception if a denormal is detected')
     opt.add_option('--test', action='store_true', default=False, dest='build_tests',
@@ -1354,9 +1352,6 @@ int main () { __int128 x = 0; return 0; }
     if opts.rt_alloc_debug:
         conf.define('DEBUG_RT_ALLOC', 1)
         conf.env['DEBUG_RT_ALLOC'] = True
-    if opts.pt_timing:
-        conf.define('PT_TIMING', 1)
-        conf.env['PT_TIMING'] = True
     if opts.denormal_exception:
         conf.define('DEBUG_DENORMAL_EXCEPTION', 1)
         conf.env['DEBUG_DENORMAL_EXCEPTION'] = True
@@ -1532,7 +1527,6 @@ const char* const ardour_config_info = "\\n\\
     write_config_text('NI-Maschine',           opts.maschine)
     write_config_text('OGG',                   conf.is_defined('HAVE_OGG'))
     write_config_text('Phone home',            conf.is_defined('PHONE_HOME'))
-    write_config_text('Process thread timing', conf.is_defined('PT_TIMING'))
     write_config_text('Program name',          opts.program_name)
     write_config_text('Samplerate',            conf.is_defined('HAVE_SAMPLERATE'))
     write_config_text('PT format',             conf.is_defined('PTFORMAT'))