diff --git a/daemon/call_interfaces.c b/daemon/call_interfaces.c
index 90b945091..f659b6834 100644
--- a/daemon/call_interfaces.c
+++ b/daemon/call_interfaces.c
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ str call_query_udp(char **out) {
 
 	rwlock_unlock_w(&c->master_lock);
 
-	ret = str_sprintf("%s %lld %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 "\n", out[RE_UDP_COOKIE],
-		(long long int) atomic_get_na(&rtpe_config.silent_timeout) - (timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec - timeval_from_us(stats.last_packet_us).tv_sec),
+	ret = str_sprintf("%s %" PRId64 " %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 "\n", out[RE_UDP_COOKIE],
+		atomic_get_na(&rtpe_config.silent_timeout) * 1000000L - (rtpe_now - stats.last_packet_us), // XXX scale to micro
 		atomic64_get_na(&stats.totals[0].packets), atomic64_get_na(&stats.totals[1].packets),
 		atomic64_get_na(&stats.totals[2].packets), atomic64_get_na(&stats.totals[3].packets));
 	goto out;
diff --git a/daemon/cli.c b/daemon/cli.c
index 8fbceae54..9a4f0aa64 100644
--- a/daemon/cli.c
+++ b/daemon/cli.c
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ static void cli_incoming_list_transcoders(str *instr, struct cli_writer *cw, con
 	if (t_hash_table_size(rtpe_codec_stats) == 0)
 		cw->cw_printf(cw, "No stats entries\n");
 	else {
-		int last_tv_sec = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec - 1;
+		int last_tv_sec = rtpe_now / 1000000L - 1;
 		unsigned int idx = last_tv_sec & 1;
 
 		codec_stats_ht_iter iter;
diff --git a/daemon/codec.c b/daemon/codec.c
index 0990f9c5a..f94cf8c42 100644
--- a/daemon/codec.c
+++ b/daemon/codec.c
@@ -4615,7 +4615,7 @@ static int packet_decoded_common(decoder_t *decoder, AVFrame *frame, void *u1, v
 
 	struct codec_handler *h = ch->handler;
 	if (h->stats_entry) {
-		int idx = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec & 1;
+		int idx = (rtpe_now / 1000000) & 1;
 		atomic64_add(&h->stats_entry->pcm_samples[idx], frame->nb_samples);
 		atomic64_add(&h->stats_entry->pcm_samples[2], frame->nb_samples);
 	}
@@ -4928,11 +4928,12 @@ static int handler_func_transcode(struct codec_handler *h, struct media_packet *
 			mp->tv);
 
 	if (h->stats_entry) {
-		unsigned int idx = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec & 1;
+		int now_sec = rtpe_now / 1000000;
+		unsigned int idx = now_sec & 1;
 		int last_tv_sec = atomic_get_na(&h->stats_entry->last_tv_sec[idx]);
-		if (last_tv_sec != (int) timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec) {
+		if (last_tv_sec != now_sec) {
 			if (g_atomic_int_compare_and_exchange(&h->stats_entry->last_tv_sec[idx],
-						last_tv_sec, timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec))
+						last_tv_sec, now_sec))
 			{
 				// new second - zero out stats. slight race condition here
 				atomic64_set(&h->stats_entry->packets_input[idx], 0);
diff --git a/daemon/cookie_cache.c b/daemon/cookie_cache.c
index 69b874e11..0af4fe955 100644
--- a/daemon/cookie_cache.c
+++ b/daemon/cookie_cache.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void cookie_cache_init(struct cookie_cache *c) {
 
 /* lock must be held */
 static void __cookie_cache_check_swap(struct cookie_cache *c) {
-	if (timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec - timeval_from_us(c->swap_time_us).tv_sec >= 30) {
+	if (rtpe_now - c->swap_time_us >= 30000000LL) {
 		g_hash_table_remove_all(c->old.cookies);
 		bencode_buffer_free(&c->old.buffer);
 		swap_ptrs(&c->old.cookies, &c->current.cookies);
diff --git a/daemon/dtmf.c b/daemon/dtmf.c
index 459977aa2..f04c4af48 100644
--- a/daemon/dtmf.c
+++ b/daemon/dtmf.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static void dtmf_bencode_and_notify(struct call_media *media, unsigned int event
 
 	bencode_dictionary_add_string(data, "type", "DTMF");
 	bencode_dictionary_add_string(data, "source_ip", sockaddr_print_buf(&fsin->address));
-	bencode_dictionary_add_integer(data, "timestamp", timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec);
+	bencode_dictionary_add_integer(data, "timestamp", rtpe_now / 1000000);
 	bencode_dictionary_add_integer(data, "event", event);
 	bencode_dictionary_add_integer(data, "duration", ((long long) duration * (1000000LL / clockrate)) / 1000LL);
 	bencode_dictionary_add_integer(data, "volume", volume);
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static GString *dtmf_json_print(struct call_media *media, unsigned int event, un
 	g_string_append_printf(buf, "],"
 			"\"type\":\"DTMF\",\"timestamp\":%lu,\"source_ip\":\"%s\","
 			"\"event\":%u,\"duration\":%u,\"volume\":%u}",
-			(unsigned long) timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec,
+			(unsigned long) rtpe_now / 1000000,
 			sockaddr_print_buf(&fsin->address),
 			(unsigned int) event,
 			(duration * (1000000 / clockrate)) / 1000,
diff --git a/daemon/graphite.c b/daemon/graphite.c
index b6030114c..50fd737ac 100644
--- a/daemon/graphite.c
+++ b/daemon/graphite.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ GString *print_graphite_data(void) {
 #define GPF(fmt, ...) \
 	if (graphite_prefix) \
 		g_string_append(graph_str, graphite_prefix); \
-	g_string_append_printf(graph_str, fmt " %llu\n", ##__VA_ARGS__, (unsigned long long)timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec)
+	g_string_append_printf(graph_str, fmt " %" PRId64 "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__, rtpe_now / 1000000L)
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < OP_COUNT; i++) {
 		GPF("%s_time_min %.6f", ng_command_strings_esc[i],
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ GString *print_graphite_data(void) {
 
 	mutex_lock(&rtpe_codec_stats_lock);
 
-	int last_tv_sec = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec - 1;
+	int last_tv_sec = rtpe_now / 1000000 - 1;
 	unsigned int idx = last_tv_sec & 1;
 
 	codec_stats_ht_iter iter;
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ GString *print_graphite_data(void) {
 	mutex_unlock(&rtpe_codec_stats_lock);
 
 
-	ilog(LOG_DEBUG, "min_sessions:%llu max_sessions:%llu, call_dur_per_interval:%.6f at time %llu\n",
+	ilog(LOG_DEBUG, "min_sessions:%llu max_sessions:%llu, call_dur_per_interval:%.6f at time %" PRId64 "\n",
 			(unsigned long long) atomic64_get_na(&rtpe_gauge_graphite_min_max_sampled.min.total_sessions),
 			(unsigned long long) atomic64_get_na(&rtpe_gauge_graphite_min_max_sampled.max.total_sessions),
 			(double) atomic64_get_na(&rtpe_stats_graphite_diff.total_calls_duration_intv) / 1000000.0,
-			(unsigned long long ) timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec);
+			rtpe_now / 1000000);
 
 	return graph_str;
 }
diff --git a/daemon/mqtt.c b/daemon/mqtt.c
index 76512b3ce..44e64e014 100644
--- a/daemon/mqtt.c
+++ b/daemon/mqtt.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ INLINE JsonBuilder *__mqtt_timer_intro(void) {
 	json_builder_begin_object(json);
 
 	json_builder_set_member_name(json, "timestamp");
-	json_builder_add_double_value(json, (double) timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec + (double) timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_usec / 1000000.0); // XXX
+	json_builder_add_double_value(json, (double) rtpe_now / 1000000.);
 
 	return json;
 }
diff --git a/daemon/statistics.c b/daemon/statistics.c
index ae7155998..7c759b2f4 100644
--- a/daemon/statistics.c
+++ b/daemon/statistics.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ stats_metric_q *statistics_gather_metrics(struct interface_sampled_rate_stats *i
 	HEADER("transcoders", NULL);
 	HEADER("[", "");
 
-	int last_tv_sec = timeval_from_us(rtpe_now).tv_sec - 1;
+	int last_tv_sec = rtpe_now / 1000000 - 1;
 	unsigned int idx = last_tv_sec & 1;
 
 	codec_stats_ht_iter iter;