diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/ControlSender.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/udt/ControlSender.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b955d0254..0000000000
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/ControlSender.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-//
-//  ControlSender.cpp
-//  libraries/networking/src/udt
-//
-//  Created by Stephen Birarda on 2015-07-27.
-//  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
-//
-//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
-//
-
-#include <chrono>
-#include <thread>
-
-#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
-#include <QtCore/QDebug>
-
-#include "ControlSender.h"
-
-using namespace udt;
-
-void ControlSender::loop() {
-    while (!_isStopped) {
-        // grab the time now
-        auto start = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
-        
-        // for each of the connections managed by the udt::Socket, we need to ask for the ACK value to send
-        
-        // since we're infinitely looping, give the thread a chance to process events
-        QCoreApplication::processEvents();
-        
-        auto end = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
-        
-        std::chrono::duration<double, std::micro> elapsed = end - start;
-        int timeToSleep = _synInterval - (int) elapsed.count();
-        
-        // based on how much time it took us to process, let's figure out how much time we have need to sleep
-        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::microseconds(timeToSleep));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/ControlSender.h b/libraries/networking/src/udt/ControlSender.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 040c6a70db..0000000000
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/ControlSender.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-//
-//  ControlSender.h
-//  libraries/networking/src/udt
-//
-//  Created by Stephen Birarda on 2015-07-27.
-//  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
-//
-//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
-//
-
-#pragma once
-
-#ifndef hifi_ControlSender_h
-#define hifi_ControlSender_h
-
-#include <QtCore/QObject>
-
-namespace udt {
-
-// Handles the sending of periodic control packets for all active UDT reliable connections
-// Currently the interval for all connections is the same, so one thread is sufficient to manage all
-class ControlSender : public QObject {
-    Q_OBJECT
-public:
-    ControlSender(QObject* parent = 0) : QObject(parent) {};
-    
-public slots:
-    void loop(); // infinitely loops and sleeps to manage rate of control packet sending
-    void stop() { _isStopped = true; } // stops the loop
-    
-private:
-    int _synInterval = 10 * 1000;
-    bool _isStopped { false };
-};
-    
-}
-
-#endif // hifi_ControlSender_h
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
index 9078ac0f6d..a110a4f649 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
@@ -24,37 +24,11 @@ Socket::Socket(QObject* parent) :
 {
     connect(&_udpSocket, &QUdpSocket::readyRead, this, &Socket::readPendingDatagrams);
     
-    // make a QThread for the ControlSender to live on
-    QThread* controlThread = new QThread(this);
+    // make sure our synchronization method is called every SYN interval
+    connect(&_synTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &Socket::rateControlSync);
     
-    // setup the ControlSender and parent it
-    _controlSender = new ControlSender;
-    
-    // move the ControlSender to its thread
-    _controlSender->moveToThread(controlThread);
-    
-    // start the ControlSender once the thread is started
-    connect(controlThread, &QThread::started, _controlSender, &ControlSender::loop);
-    
-    // make sure the control thread is named so we can identify it
-    controlThread->setObjectName("UDT Control Thread");
-    
-    // start the control thread
-    controlThread->start();
-}
-
-Socket::~Socket() {
-    if (_controlSender) {
-        QThread* controlThread = _controlSender->thread();
-        
-        // tell the control sender to stop and be deleted so we can wait on its thread
-        _controlSender->stop();
-        _controlSender->deleteLater();
-        
-        // make sure the control thread goes down
-        controlThread->quit();
-        controlThread->wait();
-    }
+    // start our timer for the synchronization time interval
+    _synTimer->start(_synInterval);
 }
 
 void Socket::rebind() {
@@ -148,3 +122,14 @@ void Socket::readPendingDatagrams() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+void Socket::rateControlSync() {
+
+    
+    
+    if (_synTimer.interval() != _synInterval) {
+        // if the _synTimer interval doesn't match the current _synInterval (changes when the CC factory is changed)
+        // then restart it now with the right interval
+        _synTimer.start(_synInterval);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.h b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.h
index be6ef982af..35f8991634 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 #include <QtCore/QObject>
+#include <QtCore/QTimer>
 #include <QtNetwork/QUdpSocket>
 
 #include "../HifiSockAddr.h"
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ public:
 
 private slots:
     void readPendingDatagrams();
+    void rateControlSync();
     
 private:
     QUdpSocket _udpSocket { this };
@@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ private:
 
     std::unordered_map<HifiSockAddr, SeqNum> _packetSequenceNumbers;
     
-    ControlSender* _controlSender { nullptr };
+    int32_t _synInterval;
+    QTimer _synTimer;
 };
     
 } // namespace udt