diff --git a/src/engine/test-core/test-engine-stuff.c b/src/engine/test-core/test-engine-stuff.c
index 2073afe9f7..857e9b2f83 100644
--- a/src/engine/test-core/test-engine-stuff.c
+++ b/src/engine/test-core/test-engine-stuff.c
@@ -224,20 +224,7 @@ get_random_timespec(void)
     while (ret->tv_sec <= 0)
         ret->tv_sec = rand();
 
-    if (zero_nsec)
-        ret->tv_nsec = 0;
-    else
-    {
-        ret->tv_nsec = rand();
-
-        if (usec_resolution)
-        {
-            ret->tv_nsec = MIN (ret->tv_nsec, 999999999);
-            ret->tv_nsec /= 1000;
-            ret->tv_nsec *= 1000;
-        }
-    }
-
+    ret->tv_nsec = 0;
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/engine/test/test-date.c b/src/engine/test/test-date.c
index 93974861eb..492975a750 100644
--- a/src/engine/test/test-date.c
+++ b/src/engine/test/test-date.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ run_test (void)
     check_time (ts, do_print);
 
     ts.tv_sec = 1162088421;
-    ts.tv_nsec = 12548000;
+    ts.tv_nsec = 0;
     check_time (ts, do_print);
 
     ts.tv_sec = 325659000 - 6500;
@@ -337,15 +337,15 @@ run_test (void)
     check_time (ts, do_print);
 
     ts.tv_sec = 1603591171;
-    ts.tv_nsec = 595311000;
+    ts.tv_nsec = 0;
     check_time (ts, do_print);
 
     ts.tv_sec = 1738909365;
-    ts.tv_nsec = 204102000;
+    ts.tv_nsec = 0;
     check_time (ts, do_print);
 
     ts.tv_sec = 1603591171;
-    ts.tv_nsec = 595311000;
+    ts.tv_nsec = 0;
     check_time (ts, do_print);
 
     ts.tv_sec = 1143943200 - 1;
diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.cpp b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.cpp
index 0375b2ad6c..e0a689d59a 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.cpp
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.cpp
@@ -1246,12 +1246,11 @@ Timespec
 gnc_iso8601_to_timespec_gmt(const char *cstr)
 {
 	time64 time;
-	uint32_t nsecs;
     if (!cstr) return {0, 0};
     try
 	{
         GncDateTime gncdt(cstr);
-        return {static_cast<time64>(gncdt), gncdt.nsecs()};
+        return {static_cast<time64>(gncdt), 0};
 	}
     catch(...)
     {
diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-datetime.cpp b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-datetime.cpp
index 40ac1a689b..20c78c4c46 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-datetime.cpp
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-datetime.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ public:
     operator struct tm() const;
     void now() { m_time = boost::local_time::local_sec_clock::local_time(tzp.get(boost::gregorian::day_clock::local_day().year())); }
     long offset() const;
-    long nsecs() const;
     struct tm utc_tm() const { return to_tm(m_time.utc_time()); }
     std::unique_ptr<GncDateImpl> date() const;
     std::string format(const char* format) const;
@@ -186,12 +185,6 @@ GncDateTimeImpl::offset() const
     return offset.total_seconds();
 }
 
-long
-GncDateTimeImpl::nsecs() const
-{
-	return (m_time.utc_time() - unix_epoch).ticks() % ticks_per_second;
-}
-
 std::unique_ptr<GncDateImpl>
 GncDateTimeImpl::date() const
 {
@@ -265,12 +258,6 @@ GncDateTime::offset() const
     return m_impl->offset();
 }
 
-long
-GncDateTime::nsecs() const
-{
-    return m_impl->nsecs();
-}
-
 struct tm
 GncDateTime::utc_tm() const
 {
diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-datetime.hpp b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-datetime.hpp
index 46dd83d896..31278045f0 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-datetime.hpp
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-datetime.hpp
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@ public:
  *  is negative.
  */
     long offset()const;
-/** Obtain the fractional seconds from the GncDateTime
- *  @return Fractional seconds, represented as nanoseconds, associated
- *  with the time.
- */
-    long nsecs() const;
 /** Obtain a struct tm representing the time in UTC.
  * @return struct tm
  */
diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c b/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c
index 93f9943e32..396deb9db9 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void setup (FixtureA *f, gconstpointer pData)
     f->off_zulu = (TZOffset){0, 0};
     f->off_05w = (TZOffset){-5, 0};
     f->off_0840e = (TZOffset){8, 40};
-    f->ts1 = (Timespec){607009407, 345678000}; //1989-3-27 13:43:27.345678 Z
+    f->ts1 = (Timespec){607009407, 0}; //1989-3-27 13:43:27 Z
     f->ts2 = (Timespec){1604748079, 0}; //2020-11-7 06:21:19 -05:00
     f->ts3 = (Timespec){1341398864, 0}; //2012-07-04 19:27:44 +08:40
     f->ts4 = (Timespec){-261104801, 0}; //1961-09-22 17:53:19 -05:00
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ test_gnc_iso8601_to_timespec_gmt (FixtureA *f, gconstpointer pData)
     g_assert_cmpint (t.tv_sec, ==, 0);
     g_assert_cmpint (t.tv_nsec, ==, 0);
 
-    t = gnc_iso8601_to_timespec_gmt ("1989-03-27 13:43:27.345678");
+    t = gnc_iso8601_to_timespec_gmt ("1989-03-27 13:43:27");
     g_assert_cmpint (t.tv_sec, ==, f->ts1.tv_sec);
     /* MinGW has some precision issues in the last microsecond digit */
 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32