diff --git a/artiq/frontend/artiq_run.py b/artiq/frontend/artiq_run.py
index 4aa66a91a..38fc7fe96 100755
--- a/artiq/frontend/artiq_run.py
+++ b/artiq/frontend/artiq_run.py
@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@ class SimpleParamLogger:
         logger.info("Parameter change: {} = {}".format(name, value))
 
 
-class DummyWatchdog:
-    def __init__(self, t):
-        pass
-
-    def __enter__(self):
-        pass
-
-    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
-        pass
-
-
 class DummyScheduler:
     def __init__(self, expid):
         self.next_rid = 0
@@ -64,8 +53,6 @@ class DummyScheduler:
     def delete(self, rid):
         logger.info("Deleting RID %s", rid)
 
-    watchdog = DummyWatchdog
-
 
 def get_argparser(with_file=True):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(