diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/hires.h b/winsup/cygwin/hires.h
index 04ee6066a..d07bf394d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/hires.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/hires.h
@@ -38,16 +38,9 @@ details. */
 /* # of millisecs per second. */
 #define MSPERSEC (1000L)
 
-class hires_base
+class hires_ns
 {
- protected:
   int inited;
- public:
-  void reset() {inited = false;}
-};
-
-class hires_ns : public hires_base
-{
   LARGE_INTEGER primed_pc;
   double freq;
   void prime ();
@@ -57,7 +50,7 @@ class hires_ns : public hires_base
   LONGLONG resolution();
 };
 
-class hires_ms : public hires_base
+class hires_ms
 {
  public:
   LONGLONG nsecs ();
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/times.cc b/winsup/cygwin/times.cc
index 11fb8f257..e89051407 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/times.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/times.cc
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ settimeofday (const struct timeval *tv, const struct timezone *tz)
       st.wMilliseconds = tv->tv_usec / (USPERSEC / MSPERSEC);
 
       res = -!SetSystemTime (&st);
-      gtod.reset ();
-
       if (res)
 	set_errno (EPERM);
     }