diff --git a/sched/task/task_recover.c b/sched/task/task_recover.c
index 60bacf10494..cd5ec15a77e 100644
--- a/sched/task/task_recover.c
+++ b/sched/task/task_recover.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void nxtask_recover(FAR struct tcb_s *tcb)
 
   /* The task is being deleted.  Cancel in pending timeout events. */
 
-  wd_recover(tcb);
+  wd_cancel(&tcb->waitdog);
 
   /* If the thread holds semaphore counts or is waiting for a semaphore
    *  count, then release the counts.
diff --git a/sched/wdog/CMakeLists.txt b/sched/wdog/CMakeLists.txt
index 6337bf96090..e38a78e368e 100644
--- a/sched/wdog/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sched/wdog/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 # ##############################################################################
 
 target_sources(sched PRIVATE wd_initialize.c wd_start.c wd_cancel.c
-                             wd_gettime.c wd_recover.c)
+                             wd_gettime.c)
diff --git a/sched/wdog/Make.defs b/sched/wdog/Make.defs
index 2af39ebb6f0..e3fbbe4004a 100644
--- a/sched/wdog/Make.defs
+++ b/sched/wdog/Make.defs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 ############################################################################
 
-CSRCS += wd_initialize.c wd_start.c wd_cancel.c wd_gettime.c wd_recover.c
+CSRCS += wd_initialize.c wd_start.c wd_cancel.c wd_gettime.c
 
 # Include wdog build support
 
diff --git a/sched/wdog/wd_recover.c b/sched/wdog/wd_recover.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c1db1db67a..00000000000
--- a/sched/wdog/wd_recover.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
- * sched/wdog/wd_recover.c
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
- * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
- * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Included Files
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-#include <nuttx/config.h>
-
-#include <nuttx/irq.h>
-#include <nuttx/arch.h>
-#include <nuttx/wdog.h>
-#include <nuttx/sched.h>
-
-#include "wdog/wdog.h"
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Public Functions
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Name: wd_recover
- *
- * Description:
- *   This function is called from nxtask_recover() when a task is deleted via
- *   task_delete() or via pthread_cancel(). It checks if the deleted task
- *   is waiting for a timed event and if so cancels the timeout
- *
- * Input Parameters:
- *   tcb - The TCB of the terminated task or thread
- *
- * Returned Value:
- *   None.
- *
- * Assumptions:
- *   This function is called from task deletion logic in a safe context.
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-void wd_recover(FAR struct tcb_s *tcb)
-{
-  /* The task is being deleted.  If it is waiting for any timed event, then
-   * cancel the watchdog now so that no events occur after the watchdog
-   * expires. Obviously there are lots of race conditions here so this will
-   * most certainly have to be revisited in the future.
-   *
-   */
-
-  wd_cancel(&tcb->waitdog);
-}
diff --git a/sched/wdog/wdog.h b/sched/wdog/wdog.h
index b2b76434002..29de1667fe0 100644
--- a/sched/wdog/wdog.h
+++ b/sched/wdog/wdog.h
@@ -98,28 +98,6 @@ clock_t wd_timer(clock_t ticks, bool noswitches);
 void wd_timer(clock_t ticks);
 #endif
 
-/****************************************************************************
- * Name: wd_recover
- *
- * Description:
- *   This function is called from nxtask_recover() when a task is deleted via
- *   task_delete() or via pthread_cancel(). It checks if the deleted task
- *   is waiting for a timed event and if so cancels the timeout
- *
- * Input Parameters:
- *   tcb - The TCB of the terminated task or thread
- *
- * Returned Value:
- *   None.
- *
- * Assumptions:
- *   This function is called from task deletion logic in a safe context.
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-struct tcb_s;
-void wd_recover(FAR struct tcb_s *tcb);
-
 #undef EXTERN
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }