diff --git a/ril/libril/ril_event.cpp b/ril/libril/ril_event.cpp
index 9d2954e4..6bdf59d6 100644
--- a/ril/libril/ril_event.cpp
+++ b/ril/libril/ril_event.cpp
@@ -95,14 +95,10 @@ static void dump_event(struct ril_event * ev)
 
 static void getNow(struct timeval * tv)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_CLOCKS
     struct timespec ts;
     clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
     tv->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
     tv->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec/1000;
-#else
-    gettimeofday(tv, NULL);
-#endif
 }
 
 static void init_list(struct ril_event * list)