diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
index 9cb50c00ec..df72a9352e 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
@@ -3119,8 +3119,3 @@ ARDOUR_UI::setup_toplevel_window (Gtk::Window& window, const string& name, void*
 	window.signal_key_release_event().connect (sigc::bind (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &ARDOUR_UI::key_event_handler), &window), false);
 }
 
-void
-ARDOUR_UI::event_loop_precall ()
-{
-	Temporal::TempoMap::fetch ();
-}
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.h b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.h
index 43f4d6f880..da5690860e 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.h
@@ -410,8 +410,6 @@ protected:
 	void toggle_rc_options_window ();
 	void toggle_session_options_window ();
 
-	void event_loop_precall ();
-
 private:
 
 	Gtk::Window   _main_window;
diff --git a/libs/pbd/base_ui.cc b/libs/pbd/base_ui.cc
index 96cffa55e9..a4ea861c29 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/base_ui.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/base_ui.cc
@@ -176,7 +176,3 @@ BaseUI::attach_request_source ()
 	request_channel.attach (m_context);
 }
 
-void
-BaseUI::event_loop_precall ()
-{
-}
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/base_ui.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/base_ui.h
index a17dc33b01..af501fc666 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/base_ui.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/base_ui.h
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ class LIBPBD_API BaseUI : public sigc::trackable, public PBD::EventLoop
 	 */
 	void quit ();
 
-	/* derived classes can override this in order to call code once per
-	   main loop iteration (i.e. before any event dispatching is done
-	   within the main loop)
-	*/
-	virtual void event_loop_precall ();
-
   protected:
 	bool _ok;
 
diff --git a/libs/surfaces/control_protocol/control_protocol.cc b/libs/surfaces/control_protocol/control_protocol.cc
index 4010732918..cf445bc095 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/control_protocol/control_protocol.cc
+++ b/libs/surfaces/control_protocol/control_protocol.cc
@@ -380,9 +380,3 @@ ControlProtocol::notify_stripable_selection_changed (StripableNotificationListPt
 	_last_selected = *sp;
 }
 
-void
-ControlProtocol::event_loop_precall ()
-{
-	Temporal::TempoMap::fetch ();
-}
-
diff --git a/libs/surfaces/control_protocol/control_protocol/control_protocol.h b/libs/surfaces/control_protocol/control_protocol/control_protocol.h
index 9f0432f403..8f86235c83 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/control_protocol/control_protocol/control_protocol.h
+++ b/libs/surfaces/control_protocol/control_protocol/control_protocol.h
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ public:
 	static StripableNotificationList const& last_selected () { return _last_selected; }
 	static void notify_stripable_selection_changed (StripableNotificationListPtr);
 
-	void event_loop_precall ();
-
 protected:
 	void next_track (uint32_t initial_id);
 	void prev_track (uint32_t initial_id);
diff --git a/libs/surfaces/generic_midi/generic_midi_control_protocol.h b/libs/surfaces/generic_midi/generic_midi_control_protocol.h
index fa80f6d6fa..4b8f7c9d7b 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/generic_midi/generic_midi_control_protocol.h
+++ b/libs/surfaces/generic_midi/generic_midi_control_protocol.h
@@ -204,8 +204,6 @@ private:
 	bool midi_input_handler (Glib::IOCondition ioc, boost::weak_ptr<ARDOUR::AsyncMIDIPort> port);
 	void start_midi_handling ();
 	void stop_midi_handling ();
-
-	void event_loop_precall () { ControlProtocol::event_loop_precall(); }
 };
 
 #endif /* ardour_generic_midi_control_protocol_h */
diff --git a/libs/surfaces/mackie/mackie_control_protocol.h b/libs/surfaces/mackie/mackie_control_protocol.h
index a0326a790e..e2028b7f4e 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/mackie/mackie_control_protocol.h
+++ b/libs/surfaces/mackie/mackie_control_protocol.h
@@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ class MackieControlProtocol
 
 	bool stripable_is_locked_to_strip (boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Stripable>) const;
 
-	void event_loop_precall () { ControlProtocol::event_loop_precall(); }
-
   private:
 
 	struct ButtonHandlers {