diff --git a/policy/bro.init b/policy/bro.init
index 57bbb22832..18f3c09cc1 100644
--- a/policy/bro.init
+++ b/policy/bro.init
@@ -1443,9 +1443,6 @@ global dpd_analyzer_ports: table[port] of set[AnalyzerTag];
 # Per-incident timer managers are drained after this amount of inactivity.
 const timer_mgr_inactivity_timeout = 1 min &redef;
 
-# Time-out for expected connections.
-const expected_connection_timeout = 5 min &redef;
-
 # If true, output profiling for time-machine queries.
 const time_machine_profiling = F &redef;
 
diff --git a/src/NetVar.cc b/src/NetVar.cc
index 17560c56f3..2ca71a030e 100644
--- a/src/NetVar.cc
+++ b/src/NetVar.cc
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ int dump_used_event_handlers;
 int suppress_local_output;
 
 double timer_mgr_inactivity_timeout;
-double expected_connection_timeout;
 
 int time_machine_profiling;
 
@@ -545,8 +544,6 @@ void init_net_var()
 
 	timer_mgr_inactivity_timeout =
 		opt_internal_double("timer_mgr_inactivity_timeout");
-	expected_connection_timeout =
-		opt_internal_double("expected_connection_timeout");
 	time_machine_profiling = opt_internal_int("time_machine_profiling");
 
 	script_id = internal_type("script_id")->AsRecordType();
diff --git a/src/NetVar.h b/src/NetVar.h
index ca28060e67..69502d334f 100644
--- a/src/NetVar.h
+++ b/src/NetVar.h
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ extern int dump_used_event_handlers;
 extern int suppress_local_output;
 
 extern double timer_mgr_inactivity_timeout;
-extern double expected_connection_timeout;
 
 extern int time_machine_profiling;