diff --git a/src/common/threads.cpp b/src/common/threads.cpp
index db3f285fc..fa5e28e48 100644
--- a/src/common/threads.cpp
+++ b/src/common/threads.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include "common/assert.h"
 
-#include <algorithm>
 #include <atomic>
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <chrono>             // IWYU pragma: keep
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@
 #ifdef KYTY_WIN_CS
 #include <windows.h> // IWYU pragma: keep
 // IWYU pragma: no_include <winbase.h>
-constexpr DWORD    KYTY_CS_SPIN_COUNT          = 4000;
-constexpr uint64_t KYTY_SLEEP_SPIN_LIMIT_100NS = 500; // 50 us
+constexpr DWORD KYTY_CS_SPIN_COUNT = 4000;
 
 #ifndef CREATE_WAITABLE_TIMER_HIGH_RESOLUTION
 #define CREATE_WAITABLE_TIMER_HIGH_RESOLUTION 0x00000002
@@ -38,30 +36,6 @@ static void SleepHighResolution100ns(uint64_t units_100ns) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	// Keep spinning only where a kernel transition is
-	// likely to cost more than the requested delay; ordinary millisecond sleeps use the
-	// per-thread high-resolution waitable timer below.
-	if (units_100ns <= KYTY_SLEEP_SPIN_LIMIT_100NS) {
-		LARGE_INTEGER frequency {};
-		LARGE_INTEGER start {};
-		if (QueryPerformanceFrequency(&frequency) != 0 && QueryPerformanceCounter(&start) != 0 &&
-		    frequency.QuadPart > 0) {
-			const auto wait_ticks =
-			    static_cast<LONGLONG>((static_cast<long double>(units_100ns) *
-			                           static_cast<long double>(frequency.QuadPart)) /
-			                          10000000.0L);
-			const auto    deadline = start.QuadPart + std::max<LONGLONG>(wait_ticks, 1);
-			LARGE_INTEGER now {};
-			do {
-				if (QueryPerformanceCounter(&now) == 0) {
-					break;
-				}
-				YieldProcessor();
-			} while (now.QuadPart < deadline);
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-
 	thread_local HANDLE timer = CreateWaitableTimerExW(
 	    nullptr, nullptr, CREATE_WAITABLE_TIMER_HIGH_RESOLUTION, TIMER_ALL_ACCESS);
 	if (timer == nullptr) {
@@ -131,14 +105,13 @@ static SleepConditionVariableCS_func_t ResolveSleepConditionVariableCS() {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef KYTY_POSIX_HIGH_RES_SLEEP
-// Spin for very short waits; use an absolute deadline for longer waits.
+// An absolute deadline preserves the requested sleep across signal interruptions.
 static void SleepHighResolutionNanos(uint64_t nanos) {
 	if (nanos == 0) {
 		return;
 	}
 
 	constexpr uint64_t NANOS_PER_SEC = 1000000000;
-	constexpr uint64_t SPIN_LIMIT_NS = 50000; // below this a context switch dominates
 
 	timespec deadline {};
 	if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &deadline) != 0) {
@@ -150,17 +123,6 @@ static void SleepHighResolutionNanos(uint64_t nanos) {
 	deadline.tv_sec += static_cast<time_t>(target_nsec / NANOS_PER_SEC);
 	deadline.tv_nsec = static_cast<long>(target_nsec % NANOS_PER_SEC);
 
-	if (nanos <= SPIN_LIMIT_NS) {
-		timespec now {};
-		do {
-			if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now) != 0) {
-				return;
-			}
-		} while (now.tv_sec < deadline.tv_sec ||
-		         (now.tv_sec == deadline.tv_sec && now.tv_nsec < deadline.tv_nsec));
-		return;
-	}
-
 	while (clock_nanosleep(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TIMER_ABSTIME, &deadline, nullptr) == EINTR) {
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/kernel/pthread.cpp b/src/kernel/pthread.cpp
index 1c3dd849a..2e2b0a9a9 100644
--- a/src/kernel/pthread.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/pthread.cpp
@@ -512,15 +512,6 @@ static void SchedulerBackoffOnce() {
 #endif
 }
 
-static bool SleepMicroSchedulerBackoff(uint64_t microseconds) {
-	if (microseconds > 1) {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	SchedulerBackoffOnce();
-	return true;
-}
-
 static void SleepMicroWithSignalPoll(uint64_t microseconds) {
 	if (microseconds == 0) {
 		KernelDispatchPendingSignalForCurrentThread();
@@ -529,9 +520,7 @@ static void SleepMicroWithSignalPoll(uint64_t microseconds) {
 
 	while (microseconds > 0) {
 		const auto step = std::min<uint64_t>(microseconds, SIGNAL_APC_POLL_MICROS);
-		if (!SleepMicroSchedulerBackoff(step)) {
-			Common::Thread::SleepMicro(step);
-		}
+		Common::Thread::SleepMicro(step);
 		microseconds -= step;
 		KernelDispatchPendingSignalForCurrentThread();
 	}
@@ -3842,28 +3831,16 @@ void KYTY_SYSV_ABI KernelSetThreadDtors(thread_dtors_func_t dtors) {
 }
 
 int KYTY_SYSV_ABI KernelUsleep(KernelUseconds microseconds) {
-	Common::Timer t;
-	t.Start();
 	SleepMicroWithSignalPoll(microseconds);
-	// double ts = t.GetTimeS();
-	// LOGF("\tactual: %g microseconds\n", ts * 1000000.0);
 	return OK;
 }
 
 unsigned int KYTY_SYSV_ABI KernelSleep(unsigned int seconds) {
-	PRINT_NAME();
-	LOGF("\tsleep: %u\n", seconds);
-	Common::Timer t;
-	t.Start();
 	SleepMicroWithSignalPoll(static_cast<uint64_t>(seconds) * 1000000ull);
-	double ts = t.GetTimeS();
-	LOGF("\tactual: %g seconds\n", ts);
 	return OK;
 }
 
 int KYTY_SYSV_ABI KernelNanosleep(const KernelTimespec* rqtp, KernelTimespec* rmtp) {
-	PRINT_NAME();
-
 	if (rqtp == nullptr) {
 		return KERNEL_ERROR_EFAULT;
 	}
@@ -3880,13 +3857,7 @@ int KYTY_SYSV_ABI KernelNanosleep(const KernelTimespec* rqtp, KernelTimespec* rm
 	uint64_t nanos =
 	    static_cast<uint64_t>(rqtp->tv_sec) * 1000000000ull + static_cast<uint64_t>(rqtp->tv_nsec);
 
-	LOGF("\tnanosleep: %" PRIu64 "\n", nanos);
-
-	Common::Timer t;
-	t.Start();
 	SleepNanoWithSignalPoll(nanos);
-	double ts = t.GetTimeS();
-	LOGF("\tactual: %g nanoseconds\n", ts * 1000000000.0);
 
 	if (rmtp != nullptr) {
 		rmtp->tv_sec  = 0;