diff --git a/libcutils/include/cutils/sockets.h b/libcutils/include/cutils/sockets.h
index 285f150..be21a8f 100644
--- a/libcutils/include/cutils/sockets.h
+++ b/libcutils/include/cutils/sockets.h
@@ -103,14 +103,6 @@
 int socket_close(cutils_socket_t sock);
 
 /*
- * Sets socket receive timeout using SO_RCVTIMEO. Setting |timeout_ms| to 0
- * disables receive timeouts.
- *
- * Return 0 on success.
- */
-int socket_set_receive_timeout(cutils_socket_t sock, int timeout_ms);
-
-/*
  * Returns the local port the socket is bound to or -1 on error.
  */
 int socket_get_local_port(cutils_socket_t sock);
diff --git a/libcutils/sockets_test.cpp b/libcutils/sockets_test.cpp
index b762ac1..1fa40bc 100644
--- a/libcutils/sockets_test.cpp
+++ b/libcutils/sockets_test.cpp
@@ -73,25 +73,6 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(0, socket_close(client));
 }
 
-// Tests receive timeout. The timing verification logic must be very coarse to
-// make sure different systems can all pass these tests.
-void TestReceiveTimeout(cutils_socket_t sock) {
-    time_t start_time;
-    char buffer[32];
-
-    // Make sure a 20ms timeout completes in 1 second or less.
-    EXPECT_EQ(0, socket_set_receive_timeout(sock, 20));
-    start_time = time(nullptr);
-    EXPECT_EQ(-1, recv(sock, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0));
-    EXPECT_LE(difftime(time(nullptr), start_time), 1.0);
-
-    // Make sure a 1250ms timeout takes 1 second or more.
-    EXPECT_EQ(0, socket_set_receive_timeout(sock, 1250));
-    start_time = time(nullptr);
-    EXPECT_EQ(-1, recv(sock, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0));
-    EXPECT_LE(1.0, difftime(time(nullptr), start_time));
-}
-
 // Tests socket_get_local_port().
 TEST(SocketsTest, TestGetLocalPort) {
     cutils_socket_t server;
@@ -157,32 +138,6 @@
     TestConnectedSockets(handler, client, SOCK_STREAM);
 }
 
-// Tests setting a receive timeout for UDP sockets.
-TEST(SocketsTest, TestUdpReceiveTimeout) {
-    cutils_socket_t sock = socket_inaddr_any_server(0, SOCK_DGRAM);
-    ASSERT_NE(INVALID_SOCKET, sock);
-
-    TestReceiveTimeout(sock);
-
-    EXPECT_EQ(0, socket_close(sock));
-}
-
-// Tests setting a receive timeout for TCP sockets.
-TEST(SocketsTest, TestTcpReceiveTimeout) {
-    cutils_socket_t server = socket_inaddr_any_server(0, SOCK_STREAM);
-    ASSERT_NE(INVALID_SOCKET, server);
-
-    cutils_socket_t client = socket_network_client(
-            "localhost", socket_get_local_port(server), SOCK_STREAM);
-    cutils_socket_t handler = accept(server, nullptr, nullptr);
-    EXPECT_EQ(0, socket_close(server));
-
-    TestReceiveTimeout(handler);
-
-    EXPECT_EQ(0, socket_close(client));
-    EXPECT_EQ(0, socket_close(handler));
-}
-
 // Tests socket_send_buffers() failure.
 TEST(SocketsTest, TestSocketSendBuffersFailure) {
     EXPECT_EQ(-1, socket_send_buffers(INVALID_SOCKET, nullptr, 0));
diff --git a/libcutils/sockets_unix.cpp b/libcutils/sockets_unix.cpp
index 6acdcd8..84663e6 100644
--- a/libcutils/sockets_unix.cpp
+++ b/libcutils/sockets_unix.cpp
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@
     return close(sock);
 }
 
-int socket_set_receive_timeout(cutils_socket_t sock, int timeout_ms) {
-    timeval tv;
-    tv.tv_sec = timeout_ms / 1000;
-    tv.tv_usec = (timeout_ms % 1000) * 1000;
-    return setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &tv, sizeof(tv));
-}
-
 ssize_t socket_send_buffers(cutils_socket_t sock,
                             const cutils_socket_buffer_t* buffers,
                             size_t num_buffers) {
diff --git a/libcutils/sockets_windows.cpp b/libcutils/sockets_windows.cpp
index df14712..4adb796 100644
--- a/libcutils/sockets_windows.cpp
+++ b/libcutils/sockets_windows.cpp
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@
     return closesocket(sock);
 }
 
-int socket_set_receive_timeout(cutils_socket_t sock, int timeout_ms) {
-    return setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO,
-                      reinterpret_cast<char*>(&timeout_ms), sizeof(timeout_ms));
-}
-
 ssize_t socket_send_buffers(cutils_socket_t sock,
                             const cutils_socket_buffer_t* buffers,
                             size_t num_buffers) {