diff --git a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
index 00fcb55449..a76f6df325 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
@@ -705,7 +705,6 @@ LuaBindings::common (lua_State* L)
 #endif
 		.addFunction ("magnitude", &Temporal::timecnt_t::magnitude)
 		.addFunction ("position", &Temporal::timecnt_t::position)
-		.addFunction ("origin", &Temporal::timecnt_t::origin)
 		.addFunction ("set_position", &Temporal::timecnt_t::set_position)
 		.addFunction ("is_positive", &Temporal::timecnt_t::is_positive)
 		.addFunction ("is_negative", &Temporal::timecnt_t::is_negative)
diff --git a/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h b/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h
index 5aab54a4b5..09e78965a7 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h
+++ b/libs/temporal/temporal/timeline.h
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ class LIBTEMPORAL_API timecnt_t {
 	int64_t magnitude() const { return _distance.val(); }
 	int62_t const & distance() const { return _distance; }
 	timepos_t const & position() const { return _position; }
-	timepos_t const & origin() const { return _position; } /* alias */
 	timepos_t end (TimeDomain) const;
 	timepos_t end () const { return end (time_domain()); }