diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
index d02ad73b47..7af9ffd85c 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
@@ -267,10 +267,6 @@ void DomainServer::setupNodeListAndAssignments(const QUuid& sessionUUID) {
     connect(nodeList.data(), &LimitedNodeList::nodeAdded, this, &DomainServer::nodeAdded);
     connect(nodeList.data(), &LimitedNodeList::nodeKilled, this, &DomainServer::nodeKilled);
 
-    QTimer* silentNodeTimer = new QTimer(this);
-    connect(silentNodeTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), nodeList.data(), SLOT(removeSilentNodes()));
-    silentNodeTimer->start(NODE_SILENCE_THRESHOLD_MSECS);
-
     connect(&nodeList->getNodeSocket(), SIGNAL(readyRead()), SLOT(readAvailableDatagrams()));
 
     // add whatever static assignments that have been parsed to the queue
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index c53f387518..1e2b06ec27 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ const qint64 MAXIMUM_CACHE_SIZE = 10 * BYTES_PER_GIGABYTES;  // 10GB
 
 static QTimer* locationUpdateTimer = NULL;
 static QTimer* balanceUpdateTimer = NULL;
-static QTimer* silentNodeTimer = NULL;
 static QTimer* identityPacketTimer = NULL;
 static QTimer* billboardPacketTimer = NULL;
 static QTimer* checkFPStimer = NULL;
@@ -426,12 +425,6 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, QElapsedTimer &startup_time) :
     // connect to the packet sent signal of the _entityEditSender
     connect(&_entityEditSender, &EntityEditPacketSender::packetSent, this, &Application::packetSent);
 
-    // move the silentNodeTimer to the _nodeThread
-    silentNodeTimer = new QTimer();
-    connect(silentNodeTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), nodeList.data(), SLOT(removeSilentNodes()));
-    silentNodeTimer->start(NODE_SILENCE_THRESHOLD_MSECS);
-    silentNodeTimer->moveToThread(_nodeThread);
-
     // send the identity packet for our avatar each second to our avatar mixer
     identityPacketTimer = new QTimer();
     connect(identityPacketTimer, &QTimer::timeout, _myAvatar, &MyAvatar::sendIdentityPacket);
@@ -548,7 +541,6 @@ void Application::cleanupBeforeQuit() {
     // depending on what thread they run in
     locationUpdateTimer->stop();
     balanceUpdateTimer->stop();
-    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(silentNodeTimer, "stop", Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection);
     identityPacketTimer->stop();
     billboardPacketTimer->stop();
     checkFPStimer->stop();
@@ -558,7 +550,6 @@ void Application::cleanupBeforeQuit() {
     // and then delete those that got created by "new"
     delete locationUpdateTimer;
     delete balanceUpdateTimer;
-    delete silentNodeTimer;
     delete identityPacketTimer;
     delete billboardPacketTimer;
     delete checkFPStimer;
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
index 279d958082..520dc650ed 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ LimitedNodeList::LimitedNodeList(unsigned short socketListenPort, unsigned short
     connect(localSocketUpdate, &QTimer::timeout, this, &LimitedNodeList::updateLocalSockAddr);
     localSocketUpdate->start(LOCAL_SOCKET_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MSECS);
     
+    QTimer* silentNodeTimer = new QTimer(this);
+    connect(silentNodeTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &LimitedNodeList::removeSilentNodes);
+    silentNodeTimer->start(NODE_SILENCE_THRESHOLD_MSECS);
+    
     // check the local socket right now
     updateLocalSockAddr();
     
@@ -500,6 +504,7 @@ void LimitedNodeList::resetPacketStats() {
 }
 
 void LimitedNodeList::removeSilentNodes() {
+    
     QSet<SharedNodePointer> killedNodes;
     
     eachNodeHashIterator([&](NodeHash::iterator& it){
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h
index afbdf23fba..a071eced31 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ protected:
     HifiSockAddr _localSockAddr;
     HifiSockAddr _publicSockAddr;
     HifiSockAddr _stunSockAddr;
+    
+    QTimer* _silentNodeTimer;
 
     // XXX can BandwidthRecorder be used for this?
     int _numCollectedPackets;
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/ThreadedAssignment.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/ThreadedAssignment.cpp
index ea94a8e22c..79b4e7f437 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/ThreadedAssignment.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/ThreadedAssignment.cpp
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ void ThreadedAssignment::commonInit(const QString& targetName, NodeType_t nodeTy
     connect(domainServerTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(checkInWithDomainServerOrExit()));
     domainServerTimer->start(DOMAIN_SERVER_CHECK_IN_MSECS);
     
-    QTimer* silentNodeRemovalTimer = new QTimer(this);
-    connect(silentNodeRemovalTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), nodeList.data(), SLOT(removeSilentNodes()));
-    silentNodeRemovalTimer->start(NODE_SILENCE_THRESHOLD_MSECS);
-    
     if (shouldSendStats) {
         // send a stats packet every 1 second
         QTimer* statsTimer = new QTimer(this);