diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 6c3f740af..0f503ece3 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -5740,8 +5740,6 @@ static void sigShutdownHandler(int sig) {
         msg = "Received shutdown signal, scheduling shutdown...";
     };
 
-    wakeTimeThread();
-
     /* SIGINT is often delivered via Ctrl+C in an interactive session.
      * If we receive the signal the second time, we interpret this as
      * the user really wanting to quit ASAP without waiting to persist