diff --git a/src/defaults.c b/src/defaults.c
index 79dc33e9..8108c98e 100644
--- a/src/defaults.c
+++ b/src/defaults.c
@@ -906,13 +906,7 @@ void wDefaultsCheckDomains(void)
 	WMPropList *dict;
 	int i;
 
-#ifdef HEARTBEAT
-	puts("Checking domains...");
-#endif
 	if (stat(WDWindowMaker->path, &stbuf) >= 0 && WDWindowMaker->timestamp < stbuf.st_mtime) {
-#ifdef HEARTBEAT
-		puts("Checking WindowMaker domain");
-#endif
 		WDWindowMaker->timestamp = stbuf.st_mtime;
 
 		/* global dictionary */
@@ -951,9 +945,6 @@ void wDefaultsCheckDomains(void)
 	}
 
 	if (stat(WDWindowAttributes->path, &stbuf) >= 0 && WDWindowAttributes->timestamp < stbuf.st_mtime) {
-#ifdef HEARTBEAT
-		puts("Checking WMWindowAttributes domain");
-#endif
 		/* global dictionary */
 		shared_dict = readGlobalDomain("WMWindowAttributes", True);
 		/* user dictionary */
@@ -1008,9 +999,6 @@ void wDefaultsCheckDomains(void)
 
 	if (stat(WDRootMenu->path, &stbuf) >= 0 && WDRootMenu->timestamp < stbuf.st_mtime) {
 		dict = WMReadPropListFromFile(WDRootMenu->path);
-#ifdef HEARTBEAT
-		puts("Checking WMRootMenu domain");
-#endif
 		if (dict) {
 			if (!WMIsPLArray(dict) && !WMIsPLString(dict)) {
 				WMReleasePropList(dict);
diff --git a/src/window.h b/src/window.h
index c212b827..12834c36 100644
--- a/src/window.h
+++ b/src/window.h
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ typedef struct {
     unsigned int SAVE_YOURSELF:1;
     /* WindowMaker specific */
     unsigned int MINIATURIZE_WINDOW:1;
-#ifdef MONITOR_HEARTBEAT
-    unsigned int HEARTBEAT:1;
-#endif
 } WProtocols;
 
 
@@ -243,9 +240,6 @@ typedef struct WWindow {
 
     long event_mask;		       /* the event mask thats selected */
 
-#ifdef MONITOR_HEARTBEAT
-    time_t last_beat;
-#endif
     struct {
         /* state flags */
         unsigned int mapped:1;