diff --git a/extmod/moduheapq.c b/extmod/moduheapq.c
index 94e1faa51f8b4fb21ab120ab8c81b51593df713a..567ee83da6e874881da0a91095f407790ff3e49d 100644
--- a/extmod/moduheapq.c
+++ b/extmod/moduheapq.c
@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@
 #include "py/objlist.h"
 #include "py/runtime0.h"
 #include "py/runtime.h"
-#include "py/smallint.h"
 
 #if MICROPY_PY_UHEAPQ
 
-#define MODULO MICROPY_PY_UTIME_TICKS_PERIOD
-
 // the algorithm here is modelled on CPython's heapq.py
 
 STATIC mp_obj_list_t *get_heap(mp_obj_t heap_in) {
@@ -43,33 +40,12 @@ STATIC mp_obj_list_t *get_heap(mp_obj_t heap_in) {
     return MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(heap_in);
 }
 
-STATIC bool time_less_than(mp_obj_t item, mp_obj_t parent) {
-    if (!MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(item, &mp_type_tuple) || !MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(parent, &mp_type_tuple)) {
-        mp_raise_TypeError("");
-    }
-    mp_obj_tuple_t *item_p = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(item);
-    mp_obj_tuple_t *parent_p = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(parent);
-    mp_uint_t item_tm = MP_OBJ_SMALL_INT_VALUE(item_p->items[0]);
-    mp_uint_t parent_tm = MP_OBJ_SMALL_INT_VALUE(parent_p->items[0]);
-    mp_uint_t res = parent_tm - item_tm;
-    if ((mp_int_t)res < 0) {
-        res += MODULO;
-    }
-    return res < (MODULO / 2);
-}
-
-STATIC void heap_siftdown(mp_obj_list_t *heap, mp_uint_t start_pos, mp_uint_t pos, bool timecmp) {
+STATIC void heap_siftdown(mp_obj_list_t *heap, mp_uint_t start_pos, mp_uint_t pos) {
     mp_obj_t item = heap->items[pos];
     while (pos > start_pos) {
         mp_uint_t parent_pos = (pos - 1) >> 1;
         mp_obj_t parent = heap->items[parent_pos];
-        bool lessthan;
-        if (MP_UNLIKELY(timecmp)) {
-            lessthan = time_less_than(item, parent);
-        } else {
-            lessthan = (mp_binary_op(MP_BINARY_OP_LESS, item, parent) == mp_const_true);
-        }
-        if (lessthan) {
+        if (mp_binary_op(MP_BINARY_OP_LESS, item, parent) == mp_const_true) {
             heap->items[pos] = parent;
             pos = parent_pos;
         } else {
@@ -79,43 +55,32 @@ STATIC void heap_siftdown(mp_obj_list_t *heap, mp_uint_t start_pos, mp_uint_t po
     heap->items[pos] = item;
 }
 
-STATIC void heap_siftup(mp_obj_list_t *heap, mp_uint_t pos, bool timecmp) {
+STATIC void heap_siftup(mp_obj_list_t *heap, mp_uint_t pos) {
     mp_uint_t start_pos = pos;
     mp_uint_t end_pos = heap->len;
     mp_obj_t item = heap->items[pos];
     for (mp_uint_t child_pos = 2 * pos + 1; child_pos < end_pos; child_pos = 2 * pos + 1) {
         // choose right child if it's <= left child
-        if (child_pos + 1 < end_pos) {
-            bool lessthan;
-            if (MP_UNLIKELY(timecmp)) {
-                lessthan = time_less_than(heap->items[child_pos], heap->items[child_pos + 1]);
-            } else {
-                lessthan = (mp_binary_op(MP_BINARY_OP_LESS, heap->items[child_pos], heap->items[child_pos + 1]) == mp_const_true);
-            }
-            if (!lessthan) {
-                child_pos += 1;
-            }
+        if (child_pos + 1 < end_pos && mp_binary_op(MP_BINARY_OP_LESS, heap->items[child_pos], heap->items[child_pos + 1]) == mp_const_false) {
+            child_pos += 1;
         }
         // bubble up the smaller child
         heap->items[pos] = heap->items[child_pos];
         pos = child_pos;
     }
     heap->items[pos] = item;
-    heap_siftdown(heap, start_pos, pos, timecmp);
+    heap_siftdown(heap, start_pos, pos);
 }
 
-STATIC mp_obj_t mod_uheapq_heappush(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
-    mp_obj_t heap_in = args[0];
+STATIC mp_obj_t mod_uheapq_heappush(mp_obj_t heap_in, mp_obj_t item) {
     mp_obj_list_t *heap = get_heap(heap_in);
-    mp_obj_list_append(heap_in, args[1]);
-    bool is_timeq = (n_args > 2 && args[2] == mp_const_true);
-    heap_siftdown(heap, 0, heap->len - 1, is_timeq);
+    mp_obj_list_append(heap_in, item);
+    heap_siftdown(heap, 0, heap->len - 1);
     return mp_const_none;
 }
-STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(mod_uheapq_heappush_obj, 2, 3, mod_uheapq_heappush);
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(mod_uheapq_heappush_obj, mod_uheapq_heappush);
 
-STATIC mp_obj_t mod_uheapq_heappop(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
-    mp_obj_t heap_in = args[0];
+STATIC mp_obj_t mod_uheapq_heappop(mp_obj_t heap_in) {
     mp_obj_list_t *heap = get_heap(heap_in);
     if (heap->len == 0) {
         nlr_raise(mp_obj_new_exception_msg(&mp_type_IndexError, "empty heap"));
@@ -125,17 +90,16 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t mod_uheapq_heappop(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     heap->items[0] = heap->items[heap->len];
     heap->items[heap->len] = MP_OBJ_NULL; // so we don't retain a pointer
     if (heap->len) {
-        bool is_timeq = (n_args > 1 && args[1] == mp_const_true);
-        heap_siftup(heap, 0, is_timeq);
+        heap_siftup(heap, 0);
     }
     return item;
 }
-STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(mod_uheapq_heappop_obj, 1, 2, mod_uheapq_heappop);
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(mod_uheapq_heappop_obj, mod_uheapq_heappop);
 
 STATIC mp_obj_t mod_uheapq_heapify(mp_obj_t heap_in) {
     mp_obj_list_t *heap = get_heap(heap_in);
     for (mp_uint_t i = heap->len / 2; i > 0;) {
-        heap_siftup(heap, --i, false);
+        heap_siftup(heap, --i);
     }
     return mp_const_none;
 }
diff --git a/tests/extmod/uheapq_timeq.py b/tests/extmod/uheapq_timeq.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 407bb639ba7c88b3818774e3663c2da7bbe01f44..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tests/extmod/uheapq_timeq.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-# Test adhoc extension to uheapq to support wraparound
-# time (utime.ticks_ms() style) task queue.
-from utime import ticks_add, ticks_diff
-import uheapq as heapq
-
-DEBUG = 0
-
-MAX = ticks_add(0, -1)
-MODULO_HALF = MAX // 2 + 1
-
-if DEBUG:
-    def dprint(*v):
-        print(*v)
-else:
-    def dprint(*v):
-        pass
-
-# Try not to crash on invalid data
-h = []
-heapq.heappush(h, 1)
-try:
-    heapq.heappush(h, 2, True)
-    assert False
-except TypeError:
-    pass
-
-heapq.heappush(h, 2)
-try:
-    heapq.heappop(h, True)
-    assert False
-except TypeError:
-    pass
-
-
-def pop_all(h):
-    l = []
-    while h:
-        l.append(heapq.heappop(h, True))
-    dprint(l)
-    return l
-
-def add(h, v):
-    heapq.heappush(h, (v, None), True)
-
-h = []
-add(h, 0)
-add(h, MAX)
-add(h, MAX - 1)
-add(h, 101)
-add(h, 100)
-add(h, MAX - 2)
-dprint(h)
-l = pop_all(h)
-for i in range(len(l) - 1):
-    diff = ticks_diff(l[i + 1][0], l[i][0])
-    assert diff > 0
-
-def edge_case(edge, offset):
-    h = []
-    add(h, ticks_add(0, offset))
-    add(h, ticks_add(edge, offset))
-    dprint(h)
-    l = pop_all(h)
-    diff = ticks_diff(l[1][0], l[0][0])
-    dprint(diff, diff > 0)
-    return diff
-
-dprint("===")
-diff = edge_case(MODULO_HALF - 1, 0)
-assert diff == MODULO_HALF - 1
-assert edge_case(MODULO_HALF - 1, 100) == diff
-assert edge_case(MODULO_HALF - 1, -100) == diff
-
-# We expect diff to be always positive, per the definition of heappop() which should return
-# the smallest value.
-# This is the edge case where this invariant breaks, due to assymetry of two's-complement
-# range - there's one more negative integer than positive, so heappushing values like below
-# will then make ticks_diff() return the minimum negative value. We could make heappop
-# return them in a different order, but ticks_diff() result would be the same. Conclusion:
-# never add to a heap values where (a - b) == MODULO_HALF (and which are >= MODULO_HALF
-# ticks apart in real time of course).
-dprint("===")
-diff = edge_case(MODULO_HALF, 0)
-assert diff == -MODULO_HALF
-assert edge_case(MODULO_HALF, 100) == diff
-assert edge_case(MODULO_HALF, -100) == diff
-
-dprint("===")
-diff = edge_case(MODULO_HALF + 1, 0)
-assert diff == MODULO_HALF - 1
-assert edge_case(MODULO_HALF + 1, 100) == diff
-assert edge_case(MODULO_HALF + 1, -100) == diff
-
-print("OK")
diff --git a/tests/extmod/uheapq_timeq.py.exp b/tests/extmod/uheapq_timeq.py.exp
deleted file mode 100644
index d86bac9de59abcc26bc7956c1e842237c7581859..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tests/extmod/uheapq_timeq.py.exp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-OK