diff --git a/src/openvpn/otime.h b/src/openvpn/otime.h
index a6f7ec25..fab4575c 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/otime.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/otime.h
@@ -78,13 +78,9 @@ openvpn_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz)
 static inline void
 update_time(void)
 {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    /* on _WIN32, gettimeofday is faster than time(NULL) */
+    /* can't use time(NULL), now_usec needs to be updated */
     struct timeval tv;
     openvpn_gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-#else
-    update_now(time(NULL));
-#endif
 }
 
 #else /* !TIME_BACKTRACK_PROTECTION */