diff --git a/contrib/tor-stress b/contrib/tor-stress
index e59a968af4..a0c88c2fdd 100755
--- a/contrib/tor-stress
+++ b/contrib/tor-stress
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
-require 'sys/syscall.ph';
+#require 'sys/syscall.ph';
 $|=1;
 
 $total = 1;
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ for($i=0;$i<$total;$i++) {
     while(<FD>) {
       $c += length($_);
     }
-    $TIMEVAL_T = "LL";
-    $now = pack($TIMEVAL_T, ());
-    syscall(&SYS_gettimeofday, $now, 0) != -1 or die "gettimeofday: $!";
-    @now = unpack($TIMEVAL_T, $now);
+#    $TIMEVAL_T = "LL";
+#    $now = pack($TIMEVAL_T, ());
+#    syscall(&SYS_gettimeofday, $now, 0) != -1 or die "gettimeofday: $!";
+#    @now = unpack($TIMEVAL_T, $now);
     print "Client $i exiting ($c chars).\n";
     exit(0);
   }