diff --git a/bin/tame b/bin/tame
index 7626220b..e1553824 100755
--- a/bin/tame
+++ b/bin/tame
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ command-runner()
   date +%s > "$base/cmdstart"
   echo "$*" > "$base/cmdline"
 
-  # notify tamed that it should update any diagnostic display
-  #local -ri tamed_pid=$( < "$root/pid" )
-  #kill -USR2 "$tamed_pid"
-
   # all remaining arguments are passed to the runner
   echo "$*" > "$base/0"
 
diff --git a/bin/tamed b/bin/tamed
index 80ed4cc7..380662d7 100755
--- a/bin/tamed
+++ b/bin/tamed
@@ -564,9 +564,6 @@ main()
   spawn-runner 0 "$root"
   trap "spawn-next-runner '$root'" USR1
 
-  # runner report on SIGUSR2
-  trap "runner-report-line '$root'" USR2
-
   # status line reporting on runners for TUI mode
   tui-runner-status-line &