diff --git a/src/core/iomgr/tcp_posix.c b/src/core/iomgr/tcp_posix.c
index 7dfedc8f361d1d7081155cea47bc89b8098b70ab..40897fb8f86494a5f12b2776989637d1a10cedee 100644
--- a/src/core/iomgr/tcp_posix.c
+++ b/src/core/iomgr/tcp_posix.c
@@ -438,9 +438,6 @@ static grpc_endpoint_write_status grpc_tcp_flush(grpc_tcp *tcp) {
     msg.msg_controllen = 0;
     msg.msg_flags = 0;
 
-    GRPC_TIMER_BEGIN(10000, 0);
-    GRPC_TIMER_END(10000, 0);
-
     GRPC_TIMER_BEGIN(GRPC_PTAG_SENDMSG, 0);
     do {
       /* TODO(klempner): Cork if this is a partial write */