diff --git a/firmware/lib/timer/device/atmega32u4.c b/firmware/lib/timer/device/atmega32u4.c
index 8670ddc..2213fa8 100644
--- a/firmware/lib/timer/device/atmega32u4.c
+++ b/firmware/lib/timer/device/atmega32u4.c
@@ -27,15 +27,11 @@
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 static volatile uint16_t _milliseconds__counter;
-static list__list_t      _milliseconds__scheduled_events;
-
-// since we won't be running scheduled events every "tick"
-static uint8_t _milliseconds__last_ticked;
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 uint8_t timer__init(void) {
-    OCR0A  = 250;         // (ticks per millisecond (hardware timer))
+    OCR0A  = 250;         // (ticks (of hardware timer) per millisecond)
     TCCR0A = 0b00000010;  // (configure Timer/Counter 0)
     TCCR0B = 0b00000011;  // (configure Timer/Counter 0)
 
@@ -48,26 +44,6 @@ uint16_t timer__get_milliseconds(void) {
     return _milliseconds__counter;
 }
 
-uint8_t timer__schedule_milliseconds(uint16_t ticks, void(*function)(void)) {
-    uint8_t elapsed = timer__get_milliseconds() - _milliseconds__last_ticked;
-
-    // - use `ticks+elapsed` to compensate for ticks that haven't been counted
-    //   yet, but should have (if we were ticking in real time)
-    return event_list__append(
-            &_milliseconds__scheduled_events, ticks+elapsed, function );
-}
-
-void timer___tick_milliseconds(void) {
-    uint8_t elapsed = timer__get_milliseconds() - _milliseconds__last_ticked;
-
-    // - update before ticking: if an event reschedules itself to run in 1
-    //   tick, it should execute on the next tick without having to wait
-    _milliseconds__last_ticked += elapsed;
-
-    for (uint8_t i=0; i<elapsed; i++)
-        event_list__tick(&_milliseconds__scheduled_events);
-}
-
 ISR(TIMER0_COMPA_vect) {
     _milliseconds__counter++;
 }
diff --git a/firmware/main.c b/firmware/main.c
index c8af0fc..7c94bb1 100644
--- a/firmware/main.c
+++ b/firmware/main.c
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ int main(void) {
         }
 
         timer___tick_cycles();
-        timer___tick_milliseconds();
     }
 
     return 0;