diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ad8b561..034a60bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ include(CheckFunctionExists)
 check_function_exists(_Exit     HAVE__EXIT)
 check_function_exists(accept4   HAVE_ACCEPT4)
 
-# timerfd_create was added in linux kernel 2.6.25
 include(CheckSymbolExists)
 # XXX does this correctly detect initgroups (un)availability on cygwin?
 check_symbol_exists(initgroups grp.h HAVE_DECL_INITGROUPS)
@@ -325,13 +324,6 @@ if(NOT HAVE_DECL_INITGROUPS AND HAVE_UNISTD_H)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-check_function_exists(timerfd_create HAVE_TIMERFD_CREATE)
-# Checks for epoll availability, primarily for examples/tiny-nghttpd
-check_symbol_exists(epoll_create sys/epoll.h HAVE_EPOLL)
-if(HAVE_EPOLL AND HAVE_TIMERFD_CREATE)
-  set(ENABLE_TINY_NGHTTPD 1)
-endif()
-
 set(WARNCFLAGS)
 set(WARNCXXFLAGS)
 if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index b4926575..962066aa 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ if(ENABLE_EXAMPLES)
   add_executable(libevent-server  libevent-server.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:http-parser>)
   add_executable(deflate          deflate.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:http-parser>)
 
-  if(ENABLE_TINY_NGHTTPD)
-    add_executable(tiny-nghttpd tiny-nghttpd.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:http-parser>)
-  endif()
-
   if(ENABLE_ASIO_LIB)
     foreach(name asio-sv asio-sv2 asio-cl asio-cl2)
       add_executable(${name} ${name}.cc $<TARGET_OBJECTS:http-parser>)