diff --git a/block/throttle-groups.c b/block/throttle-groups.c
index 71af3f72a1..890bfded3f 100644
--- a/block/throttle-groups.c
+++ b/block/throttle-groups.c
@@ -426,18 +426,10 @@ void throttle_group_restart_blk(BlockBackend *blk)
 void throttle_group_config(BlockBackend *blk, ThrottleConfig *cfg)
 {
     BlockBackendPublic *blkp = blk_get_public(blk);
-    ThrottleTimers *tt = &blkp->throttle_timers;
     ThrottleState *ts = blkp->throttle_state;
     ThrottleGroup *tg = container_of(ts, ThrottleGroup, ts);
     qemu_mutex_lock(&tg->lock);
-    /* throttle_config() cancels the timers */
-    if (timer_pending(tt->timers[0])) {
-        tg->any_timer_armed[0] = false;
-    }
-    if (timer_pending(tt->timers[1])) {
-        tg->any_timer_armed[1] = false;
-    }
-    throttle_config(ts, tg->clock_type, tt, cfg);
+    throttle_config(ts, tg->clock_type, cfg);
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&tg->lock);
 
     throttle_group_restart_blk(blk);
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
index 453fb1efde..49eebb5412 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void fsdev_throttle_init(FsThrottle *fst)
                              fsdev_throttle_read_timer_cb,
                              fsdev_throttle_write_timer_cb,
                              fst);
-        throttle_config(&fst->ts, QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME, &fst->tt, &fst->cfg);
+        throttle_config(&fst->ts, QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME, &fst->cfg);
         qemu_co_queue_init(&fst->throttled_reqs[0]);
         qemu_co_queue_init(&fst->throttled_reqs[1]);
     }
diff --git a/include/qemu/throttle.h b/include/qemu/throttle.h
index 8d2fd77d2b..d056008c18 100644
--- a/include/qemu/throttle.h
+++ b/include/qemu/throttle.h
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ bool throttle_is_valid(ThrottleConfig *cfg, Error **errp);
 
 void throttle_config(ThrottleState *ts,
                      QEMUClockType clock_type,
-                     ThrottleTimers *tt,
                      ThrottleConfig *cfg);
 
 void throttle_get_config(ThrottleState *ts, ThrottleConfig *cfg);
diff --git a/tests/test-throttle.c b/tests/test-throttle.c
index 2d9cd4647c..768f11dfed 100644
--- a/tests/test-throttle.c
+++ b/tests/test-throttle.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static void test_config_functions(void)
                          read_timer_cb, write_timer_cb, &ts);
     /* structure reset by throttle_init previous_leak should be null */
     g_assert(!ts.previous_leak);
-    throttle_config(&ts, QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL, &tt, &orig_cfg);
+    throttle_config(&ts, QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL, &orig_cfg);
 
     /* has previous leak been initialized by throttle_config ? */
     g_assert(ts.previous_leak);
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static bool do_test_accounting(bool is_ops, /* are we testing bps or ops */
     throttle_init(&ts);
     throttle_timers_init(&tt, ctx, QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
                          read_timer_cb, write_timer_cb, &ts);
-    throttle_config(&ts, QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL, &tt, &cfg);
+    throttle_config(&ts, QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL, &cfg);
 
     /* account a read */
     throttle_account(&ts, false, size);
diff --git a/util/throttle.c b/util/throttle.c
index 3e948071dd..b2a52b8b34 100644
--- a/util/throttle.c
+++ b/util/throttle.c
@@ -388,24 +388,14 @@ static void throttle_unfix_bucket(LeakyBucket *bkt)
     }
 }
 
-/* take care of canceling a timer */
-static void throttle_cancel_timer(QEMUTimer *timer)
-{
-    assert(timer != NULL);
-
-    timer_del(timer);
-}
-
 /* Used to configure the throttle
  *
  * @ts: the throttle state we are working on
  * @clock_type: the group's clock_type
- * @tt: the throttle timers we use in this aio context
  * @cfg: the config to set
  */
 void throttle_config(ThrottleState *ts,
                      QEMUClockType clock_type,
-                     ThrottleTimers *tt,
                      ThrottleConfig *cfg)
 {
     int i;
@@ -417,10 +407,6 @@ void throttle_config(ThrottleState *ts,
     }
 
     ts->previous_leak = qemu_clock_get_ns(clock_type);
-
-    for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-        throttle_cancel_timer(tt->timers[i]);
-    }
 }
 
 /* used to get config