diff --git a/util/qemu-timer.c b/util/qemu-timer.c
index 2ed1bf2778..86bfe84037 100644
--- a/util/qemu-timer.c
+++ b/util/qemu-timer.c
@@ -578,17 +578,10 @@ int64_t timerlistgroup_deadline_ns(QEMUTimerListGroup *tlg)
 {
     int64_t deadline = -1;
     QEMUClockType type;
-    bool play = replay_mode == REPLAY_MODE_PLAY;
     for (type = 0; type < QEMU_CLOCK_MAX; type++) {
         if (qemu_clock_use_for_deadline(type)) {
-            if (!play || type == QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME) {
-                deadline = qemu_soonest_timeout(deadline,
-                                                timerlist_deadline_ns(tlg->tl[type]));
-            } else {
-                /* Read clock from the replay file and
-                   do not calculate the deadline, based on virtual clock. */
-                qemu_clock_get_ns(type);
-            }
+            deadline = qemu_soonest_timeout(deadline,
+                                            timerlist_deadline_ns(tlg->tl[type]));
         }
     }
     return deadline;