diff --git a/daemons/controld/pacemaker-controld.c b/daemons/controld/pacemaker-controld.c
index 1f3fa8bfdd..11f909e1c4 100644
--- a/daemons/controld/pacemaker-controld.c
+++ b/daemons/controld/pacemaker-controld.c
@@ -1,168 +1,157 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2018 Andrew Beekhof <andrew@beekhof.net>
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
  * or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #include <crm_internal.h>
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include <crm/crm.h>
 #include <crm/common/ipc.h>
 #include <crm/common/xml.h>
 
 #include <pacemaker-controld.h>
 #include <controld_fsa.h>
 #include <controld_messages.h>
 
 #define OPTARGS	"hV"
 
 void usage(const char *cmd, int exit_status);
 int crmd_init(void);
 void crmd_hamsg_callback(const xmlNode * msg, void *private_data);
 extern void init_dotfile(void);
 
 GMainLoop *crmd_mainloop = NULL;
 
 /* *INDENT-OFF* */
 static struct crm_option long_options[] = {
     /* Top-level Options */
     {"help",    0, 0, '?', "\tThis text"},
     {"verbose", 0, 0, 'V', "\tIncrease debug output"},
 
     {0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 /* *INDENT-ON* */
 
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int flag;
     int index = 0;
     int argerr = 0;
 
     crmd_mainloop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
     crm_log_preinit(NULL, argc, argv);
     crm_set_options(NULL, "[options]", long_options,
                     "Daemon for aggregating resource and node failures as well as co-ordinating the cluster's response");
 
     while (1) {
         flag = crm_get_option(argc, argv, &index);
         if (flag == -1)
             break;
 
         switch (flag) {
             case 'V':
                 crm_bump_log_level(argc, argv);
                 break;
             case 'h':          /* Help message */
                 crm_help(flag, CRM_EX_OK);
                 break;
             default:
                 ++argerr;
                 break;
         }
     }
 
     if (argc - optind == 1 && safe_str_eq("metadata", argv[optind])) {
         crmd_metadata();
         return CRM_EX_OK;
     } else if (argc - optind == 1 && safe_str_eq("version", argv[optind])) {
         fprintf(stdout, "CRM Version: %s (%s)\n", PACEMAKER_VERSION, BUILD_VERSION);
         return CRM_EX_OK;
     }
 
     crm_log_init(NULL, LOG_INFO, TRUE, FALSE, argc, argv, FALSE);
     crm_info("CRM Git Version: %s (%s)", PACEMAKER_VERSION, BUILD_VERSION);
 
     if (optind > argc) {
         ++argerr;
     }
 
     if (argerr) {
         crm_help('?', CRM_EX_USAGE);
     }
 
     if (pcmk__daemon_can_write(PE_STATE_DIR, NULL) == FALSE) {
         crm_err("Terminating due to bad permissions on " PE_STATE_DIR);
         fprintf(stderr,
                 "ERROR: Bad permissions on " PE_STATE_DIR " (see logs for details)\n");
         fflush(stderr);
         return CRM_EX_FATAL;
 
     } else if (pcmk__daemon_can_write(CRM_CONFIG_DIR, NULL) == FALSE) {
         crm_err("Terminating due to bad permissions on " CRM_CONFIG_DIR);
         fprintf(stderr,
                 "ERROR: Bad permissions on " CRM_CONFIG_DIR " (see logs for details)\n");
         fflush(stderr);
         return CRM_EX_FATAL;
     }
 
     return crmd_init();
 }
 
 static void
 log_deprecation_warnings()
 {
     // Add deprecations here as needed
 }
 
 int
 crmd_init(void)
 {
     crm_exit_t exit_code = CRM_EX_OK;
     enum crmd_fsa_state state;
 
     log_deprecation_warnings();
 
     fsa_state = S_STARTING;
     fsa_input_register = 0;     /* zero out the regester */
 
     init_dotfile();
     crm_debug("Starting %s", crm_system_name);
     register_fsa_input(C_STARTUP, I_STARTUP, NULL);
 
     crm_peer_init();
     state = s_crmd_fsa(C_STARTUP);
 
     if (state == S_PENDING || state == S_STARTING) {
         /* Create the mainloop and run it... */
         crm_trace("Starting %s's mainloop", crm_system_name);
-
-#ifdef REALTIME_SUPPORT
-        static int crm_realtime = 1;
-
-        if (crm_realtime == 1) {
-            cl_enable_realtime();
-        } else if (crm_realtime == 0) {
-            cl_disable_realtime();
-        }
-        cl_make_realtime(SCHED_RR, 5, 64, 64);
-#endif
         g_main_loop_run(crmd_mainloop);
         if (is_set(fsa_input_register, R_STAYDOWN)) {
             crm_info("Inhibiting automated respawn");
             exit_code = CRM_EX_FATAL;
         }
 
     } else {
         crm_err("Startup of %s failed.  Current state: %s",
                 crm_system_name, fsa_state2string(state));
         exit_code = CRM_EX_ERROR;
     }
 
     crm_info("%s[%lu] exiting with status %d (%s)",
              crm_system_name, (unsigned long) getpid(), exit_code,
              crm_exit_str(exit_code));
     return crmd_fast_exit(exit_code);
 }