diff --git a/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h b/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h
index 9d033a9d7ec..e3ebb8acd83 100644
--- a/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h
+++ b/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h
@@ -1328,11 +1328,10 @@ int32_t ctdb_control_set_tcp_tickle_list(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, TDB_DATA ind
 void ctdb_takeover_client_destructor_hook(struct ctdb_client *client);
 int ctdb_event_script(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, const char *fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(2,3);
 int ctdb_event_script_callback(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, 
-			       struct timeval timeout,
 			       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 			       void (*callback)(struct ctdb_context *, int, void *),
 			       void *private_data,
-			       const char *fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(6,7);
+			       const char *fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(5,6);
 void ctdb_release_all_ips(struct ctdb_context *ctdb);
 
 void set_nonblocking(int fd);
diff --git a/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c b/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c
index efba8f9e142..2c97f45ab29 100644
--- a/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c
+++ b/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ static void ctdb_check_health(struct event_context *ev, struct timed_event *te,
 	
 	if (!ctdb->done_startup) {
 		ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, 
-						 timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0),
 						 ctdb->monitor->monitor_context, ctdb_startup_callback, 
 						 ctdb, "startup");
 	} else {
@@ -248,7 +247,6 @@ static void ctdb_check_health(struct event_context *ev, struct timed_event *te,
 			return;
 		} else {
 			ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, 
-					timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0),
 					ctdb->monitor->monitor_context, ctdb_health_callback,
 					ctdb, "monitor");
 		}
diff --git a/ctdb/server/ctdb_recover.c b/ctdb/server/ctdb_recover.c
index ccac8e62e6d..1cd4835c824 100644
--- a/ctdb/server/ctdb_recover.c
+++ b/ctdb/server/ctdb_recover.c
@@ -962,9 +962,7 @@ int32_t ctdb_control_end_recovery(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
 
 	ctdb_disable_monitoring(ctdb);
 
-	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, 
-					 timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0),
-					 state, 
+	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, state,
 					 ctdb_end_recovery_callback, 
 					 state, "recovered");
 
@@ -1016,9 +1014,7 @@ int32_t ctdb_control_start_recovery(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
 
 	ctdb_disable_monitoring(ctdb);
 
-	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, 
-					 timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0),
-					 state, 
+	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, state,
 					 ctdb_start_recovery_callback, 
 					 state, "startrecovery");
 
@@ -1230,9 +1226,7 @@ int32_t ctdb_control_stop_node(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, struct ctdb_req_contro
 
 	ctdb_disable_monitoring(ctdb);
 
-	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, 
-					 timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0),
-					 state, 
+	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, state,
 					 ctdb_stop_node_callback, 
 					 state, "stopped");
 
diff --git a/ctdb/server/ctdb_takeover.c b/ctdb/server/ctdb_takeover.c
index a140578abed..d53f2d47b0e 100644
--- a/ctdb/server/ctdb_takeover.c
+++ b/ctdb/server/ctdb_takeover.c
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ int32_t ctdb_control_takeover_ip(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
 		vnn->iface));
 
 	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, 
-					 timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0),
 					 state, takeover_ip_callback, state,
 					 "takeip %s %s %u",
 					 vnn->iface, 
@@ -391,7 +390,6 @@ int32_t ctdb_control_release_ip(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
 	state->vnn   = vnn;
 
 	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, 
-					 timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0),
 					 state, release_ip_callback, state,
 					 "releaseip %s %s %u",
 					 vnn->iface, 
@@ -2094,7 +2092,6 @@ int32_t ctdb_control_del_public_address(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, TDB_DATA inda
 			DLIST_REMOVE(ctdb->vnn, vnn);
 
 			ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, 
-					 timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0),
 					 mem_ctx, delete_ip_callback, mem_ctx,
 					 "releaseip %s %s %u",
 					 vnn->iface, 
diff --git a/ctdb/server/eventscript.c b/ctdb/server/eventscript.c
index 2df941d2df8..801ff4ecc98 100644
--- a/ctdb/server/eventscript.c
+++ b/ctdb/server/eventscript.c
@@ -735,7 +735,6 @@ static int event_script_destructor(struct ctdb_event_script_state *state)
   finished
  */
 static int ctdb_event_script_callback_v(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, 
-					struct timeval timeout,
 					void (*callback)(struct ctdb_context *, int, void *),
 					void *private_data,
 					const char *fmt, va_list ap)
@@ -783,7 +782,7 @@ static int ctdb_event_script_callback_v(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
 	state->callback = callback;
 	state->private_data = private_data;
 	state->options = talloc_vasprintf(state, fmt, ap);
-	state->timeout = timeout;
+	state->timeout = timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0);
 	if (state->options == NULL) {
 		DEBUG(DEBUG_ERR, (__location__ " could not allocate state->options\n"));
 		talloc_free(state);
@@ -845,7 +844,6 @@ static int ctdb_event_script_callback_v(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
   finished
  */
 int ctdb_event_script_callback(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, 
-			       struct timeval timeout,
 			       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 			       void (*callback)(struct ctdb_context *, int, void *),
 			       void *private_data,
@@ -855,7 +853,7 @@ int ctdb_event_script_callback(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
 	int ret;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback_v(ctdb, timeout, callback, private_data, fmt, ap);
+	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback_v(ctdb, callback, private_data, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -889,7 +887,6 @@ int ctdb_event_script(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback_v(ctdb, 
-			timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0),
 			event_script_callback, &status, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
@@ -956,8 +953,7 @@ int32_t ctdb_run_eventscripts(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
 
 	ctdb_disable_monitoring(ctdb);
 
-	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb, 
-			 timeval_set(ctdb->tunable.script_timeout, 0),
+	ret = ctdb_event_script_callback(ctdb,
 			 state, run_eventscripts_callback, state,
 			 "%s", (const char *)indata.dptr);