diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioClientSocketShutdownTimeTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioClientSocketShutdownTimeTest.java
index 6af92bfa17..43dde64aa0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioClientSocketShutdownTimeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioClientSocketShutdownTimeTest.java
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ public class NioClientSocketShutdownTimeTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testShutdownTime() throws Throwable {
-        if (!TestUtil.isTimingTestEnabled()) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         ServerSocketChannel serverSocket = ServerSocketChannel.open();
         serverSocket.socket().bind(new InetSocketAddress(0));
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioServerSocketShutdownTimeTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioServerSocketShutdownTimeTest.java
index 0f032136b4..98fa271ded 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioServerSocketShutdownTimeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioServerSocketShutdownTimeTest.java
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ public class NioServerSocketShutdownTimeTest {
 
     @Test(timeout = 10000)
     public void testSuccessfulBindAttempt() throws Exception {
-        if (!TestUtil.isTimingTestEnabled()) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         ServerBootstrap bootstrap = new ServerBootstrap(
                 new NioServerSocketChannelFactory(
                         Executors.newCachedThreadPool(),
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/util/TestUtil.java b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/util/TestUtil.java
index 86531f71e8..258ca04d89 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/util/TestUtil.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/util/TestUtil.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package org.jboss.netty.util;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
-import org.jboss.netty.util.internal.ConversionUtil;
-
 
 /**
  * @author The Netty Project (netty-dev@lists.jboss.org)
@@ -29,20 +27,9 @@ import org.jboss.netty.util.internal.ConversionUtil;
 @org.junit.Ignore
 public final class TestUtil {
 
-    private static final boolean ENABLED;
     private static final InetAddress LOCALHOST;
 
     static {
-        String value = System.getProperty("exclude-timing-tests", "false").trim();
-        if (value.length() == 0) {
-            value = "true";
-        }
-
-        ENABLED = !ConversionUtil.toBoolean(value);
-        if (!ENABLED) {
-            System.err.println("Timing tests will be disabled as requested.");
-        }
-
         InetAddress localhost = null;
         try {
             localhost = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
@@ -62,10 +49,6 @@ public final class TestUtil {
         LOCALHOST = localhost;
     }
 
-    public static boolean isTimingTestEnabled() {
-        return ENABLED;
-    }
-
     public static InetAddress getLocalHost() {
         // We cache this because some machine takes almost forever to return
         // from InetAddress.getLocalHost().  I think it's due to the incorrect