diff --git a/libexec/talkd/announce.c b/libexec/talkd/announce.c
index 4ebeb261a82..869197e5c52 100644
--- a/libexec/talkd/announce.c
+++ b/libexec/talkd/announce.c
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ print_mesg(const char *tty, CTL_MSG *request,
 {
 	struct timeval now;
 	time_t clock_sec;
-	struct timezone zone;
 	struct tm *localclock;
 	struct iovec iovec;
 	char line_buf[N_LINES][N_CHARS];
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ print_mesg(const char *tty, CTL_MSG *request,
 
 	i = 0;
 	max_size = 0;
-	gettimeofday(&now, &zone);
+	gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
 	clock_sec = now.tv_sec;
 	localclock = localtime(&clock_sec);
 	(void)snprintf(line_buf[i], N_CHARS, " ");
diff --git a/libexec/talkd/table.c b/libexec/talkd/table.c
index 001e7d41db7..dcaed9c2a3e 100644
--- a/libexec/talkd/table.c
+++ b/libexec/talkd/table.c
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ static const char rcsid[] =
 
 extern	int debug;
 struct	timeval tp;
-struct	timezone txp;
 
 typedef struct table_entry TABLE_ENTRY;
 
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ find_match(CTL_MSG *request)
 	TABLE_ENTRY *ptr;
 	time_t current_time;
 
-	gettimeofday(&tp, &txp);
+	gettimeofday(&tp, NULL);
 	current_time = tp.tv_sec;
 	if (debug)
 		print_request("find_match", request);
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ find_request(CTL_MSG *request)
 	TABLE_ENTRY *ptr;
 	time_t current_time;
 
-	gettimeofday(&tp, &txp);
+	gettimeofday(&tp, NULL);
 	current_time = tp.tv_sec;
 	/*
 	 * See if this is a repeated message, and check for
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ insert_table(CTL_MSG *request, CTL_RESPONSE *response)
 	TABLE_ENTRY *ptr;
 	time_t current_time;
 
-	gettimeofday(&tp, &txp);
+	gettimeofday(&tp, NULL);
 	current_time = tp.tv_sec;
 	request->id_num = new_id();
 	response->id_num = htonl(request->id_num);