diff --git a/src/target/target.c b/src/target/target.c
index 5c3a086a52408b480a00d8c5ff219e4be94b259b..679344138939c2aebac8c50bfe0b7977be3933be 100644
--- a/src/target/target.c
+++ b/src/target/target.c
@@ -783,8 +783,6 @@ static int target_call_timer_callbacks_check_time(int checktime)
 	target_timer_callback_t *next_callback;
 	struct timeval now;
 
-	keep_alive();
-
 	gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
 
 	while (callback)