diff --git a/src/backend/corebackendmanager.cpp b/src/backend/corebackendmanager.cpp
index d961404..db60de9 100644
--- a/src/backend/corebackendmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/corebackendmanager.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <QDBusInterface>
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QString>
-#include <QTimer>
 #include <QVector>
 #include <QUuid>
 
@@ -86,22 +85,6 @@ void CoreBackendManager::startExternalCommandHelper()
     QObject::connect(job(), &KJob::finished, [=] () { if(d->m_job->error()) exitLoop(); } );
     loop.exec();
     QObject::disconnect(conn);
-
-    // Watchdog Timer for the DBus service
-    QTimer *timer = new QTimer;
-
-    auto sendDBusPing = [&] () {
-        QDBusInterface iface(QStringLiteral("org.kde.kpmcore.helperinterface"),
-                             QStringLiteral("/Helper"),
-                             QStringLiteral("org.kde.kpmcore.externalcommand"),
-                             QDBusConnection::systemBus());
-
-        if (iface.isValid())
-            iface.call(QStringLiteral("ping"), CoreBackendManager::self()->Uuid());
-    };
-
-    QObject::connect(timer, &QTimer::timeout, sendDBusPing);
-    timer->start(20000); // 20 seconds
 }
 
 void CoreBackendManager::stopExternalCommandHelper()
diff --git a/src/util/externalcommandhelper.cpp b/src/util/externalcommandhelper.cpp
index 4591307..0601f23 100644
--- a/src/util/externalcommandhelper.cpp
+++ b/src/util/externalcommandhelper.cpp
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ ActionReply ExternalCommandHelper::init(const QVariantMap& args)
     }
     QDBusConnection::systemBus().registerObject(QStringLiteral("/Helper"), this, QDBusConnection::ExportAllSlots);
 
-    timer = new QTimer(this);
-    connect(timer, &QTimer::timeout, this, [=] () { exit(m_callerUuid); });
-    timer->start(TIMEOUT);
-
     HelperSupport::progressStep(QVariantMap());
     m_loop.exec();
     reply.addData(QStringLiteral("success"), true);
@@ -244,14 +240,6 @@ void ExternalCommandHelper::exit(const QString& Uuid)
     QDBusConnection::systemBus().unregisterObject(QStringLiteral("/Helper"));
 }
 
-void ExternalCommandHelper::ping(const QString &Uuid)
-{
-    if (!isCallerAuthorized(Uuid))
-        return;
-
-    timer->setInterval(TIMEOUT);
-}
-
 void ExternalCommandHelper::onReadOutput()
 {
 //     const QByteArray s = cmd.readAllStandardOutput();
diff --git a/src/util/externalcommandhelper.h b/src/util/externalcommandhelper.h
index aba456a..299a27e 100644
--- a/src/util/externalcommandhelper.h
+++ b/src/util/externalcommandhelper.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     Q_SCRIPTABLE QVariantMap start(const QString& Uuid, const QString& command, const QStringList& arguments, const QByteArray& input, const QStringList& environment);
     Q_SCRIPTABLE bool copyblocks(const QString& Uuid, const QString& sourceDevice, const qint64 sourceFirstByte, const qint64 sourceLength, const QString& targetDevice, const qint64 targetFirstByte, const qint64 blockSize);
     Q_SCRIPTABLE void exit(const QString& Uuid);
-    Q_SCRIPTABLE void ping(const QString& Uuid);
 
 private:
     void onReadOutput();