diff --git a/src/broker/Manager.cc b/src/broker/Manager.cc
index cd309b51af..26fd6d9ae7 100644
--- a/src/broker/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/broker/Manager.cc
@@ -1218,21 +1218,6 @@ void Manager::Process()
 				ProcessStoreResponse(s.second, move(r));
 			}
 		}
-
-	if ( had_input )
-		{
-		if ( run_state::network_time == 0 )
-			{
-			// If we're getting Broker messages, but still haven't initialized
-			// run_state::network_time, may as well do so now because otherwise the
-			// broker/cluster logs will end up using timestamp 0.
-			//
-			// Do not do this when allow_network_time_forard is set to F
-			// with the assumption that this is unwanted behavior.
-			if ( get_option("allow_network_time_forward")->AsBool() )
-				run_state::detail::update_network_time(util::current_time());
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 void Manager::ProcessStoreEventInsertUpdate(const TableValPtr& table, const std::string& store_id,
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/core.suspend_processing.broker/worker..stdout b/testing/btest/Baseline/core.suspend_processing.broker/worker..stdout
index 739641fb8f..6ce406ddb4 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/core.suspend_processing.broker/worker..stdout
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/core.suspend_processing.broker/worker..stdout
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 0.0, zeek_init: broker peering
 0.0, Broker::peer_added
 0.0, do_continue_processing
-1300475167.096535, network_time_init
-1300475173.475401, Pcap::file_done, <...>/wikipedia.trace
-1300475173.475401, zeek_done
+1362692526.869344, network_time_init
+1362692526.869344, new_connection, CHhAvVGS1DHFjwGM9, [orig_h=141.142.228.5, orig_p=59856/tcp, resp_h=192.150.187.43, resp_p=80/tcp]
+1362692527.080972, Pcap::file_done, <...>/get.trace
+1362692527.080972, zeek_done
diff --git a/testing/btest/core/suspend_processing/broker.zeek b/testing/btest/core/suspend_processing/broker.zeek
index 6bf9606773..0c9aaa3eb8 100644
--- a/testing/btest/core/suspend_processing/broker.zeek
+++ b/testing/btest/core/suspend_processing/broker.zeek
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # @TEST-DOC: Suspend pcap processing on a worker and wait for the manager to trigger continue processing via a broker message. Ensure network_time() is not initialized until continue_processing() is called.
 # @TEST-PORT: BROKER_PORT
 # @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-run manager "zeek -b ../manager.zeek"
-# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-run worker "zeek -r $TRACES/wikipedia.trace -b ../worker.zeek"
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-run worker "zeek -r $TRACES/http/get.trace -b ../worker.zeek"
 # @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-wait 5
 
 # @TEST-EXEC: TEST_DIFF_CANONIFIER=$SCRIPTS/diff-remove-abspath btest-diff worker/.stdout
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 
 @TEST-START-FILE worker.zeek
 
-# If we're not setting this, broker will initialize network_time.
-redef allow_network_time_forward = F;
-
 event zeek_init()
 	{
 	print network_time(), "zeek_init: suspend_processing()";
@@ -46,6 +43,11 @@ event network_time_init()
 	print network_time(), "network_time_init";
 	}
 
+event new_connection(c: connection)
+	{
+	print network_time(), "new_connection", c$uid, c$id;
+	}
+
 event Pcap::file_done(path: string)
 	{
 	print network_time(), "Pcap::file_done", path;