diff --git a/src/DNS_Mgr.cc b/src/DNS_Mgr.cc
index 02dd4f217f..9b781bde8e 100644
--- a/src/DNS_Mgr.cc
+++ b/src/DNS_Mgr.cc
@@ -1307,7 +1307,6 @@ void DNS_Mgr::IssueAsyncRequests()
 
 		dns_req->MakeRequest(channel, this);
 
-		asyncs_timeouts.push(req);
 		++asyncs_pending;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1401,7 +1400,7 @@ void DNS_Mgr::Flush()
 
 double DNS_Mgr::GetNextTimeout()
 	{
-	if ( asyncs_timeouts.empty() )
+	if ( asyncs_pending == 0 )
 		return -1;
 
 	return run_state::network_time + DNS_TIMEOUT;
diff --git a/src/DNS_Mgr.h b/src/DNS_Mgr.h
index 9834f68a09..2f258dfa1d 100644
--- a/src/DNS_Mgr.h
+++ b/src/DNS_Mgr.h
@@ -331,10 +331,6 @@ protected:
 	using QueuedList = std::list<AsyncRequest*>;
 	QueuedList asyncs_queued;
 
-	using TimeoutQueue =
-		std::priority_queue<AsyncRequest*, std::vector<AsyncRequest*>, AsyncRequestCompare>;
-	TimeoutQueue asyncs_timeouts;
-
 	unsigned long num_requests = 0;
 	unsigned long successful = 0;
 	unsigned long failed = 0;