diff --git a/src/reactor/mod.rs b/src/reactor/mod.rs
index b86178311..cf65b377f 100644
--- a/src/reactor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/reactor/mod.rs
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ impl Inner {
         }
     }
 
-    fn add_timeout(&mut self, at: Instant) -> io::Result<(usize, Instant)> {
+    fn add_timeout(&mut self, at: Instant) -> usize {
         if self.timeouts.vacant_entry().is_none() {
             let len = self.timeouts.len();
             self.timeouts.reserve_exact(len);
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ impl Inner {
         let slot = self.timer_heap.push((at, entry.index()));
         let entry = entry.insert((Some(slot), TimeoutState::NotFired));
         debug!("added a timeout: {}", entry.index());
-        Ok((entry.index(), at))
+        return entry.index();
     }
 
     fn update_timeout(&mut self, token: usize, handle: Task) -> Option<Task> {
diff --git a/src/reactor/timeout.rs b/src/reactor/timeout.rs
index 7efbf54b1..76fba9fd4 100644
--- a/src/reactor/timeout.rs
+++ b/src/reactor/timeout.rs
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ use reactor::timeout_token::TimeoutToken;
 
 /// A future representing the notification that a timeout has occurred.
 ///
-/// Timeouts are created through the `LoopHandle::timeout` or
-/// `LoopHandle::timeout_at` methods indicating when a timeout should fire at.
+/// Timeouts are created through the `Timeout::new` or
+/// `Timeout::new_at` methods indicating when a timeout should fire at.
 /// Note that timeouts are not intended for high resolution timers, but rather
 /// they will likely fire some granularity after the exact instant that they're
 /// otherwise indicated to fire at.
 pub struct Timeout {
     token: TimeoutToken,
+    when: Instant,
     handle: Remote,
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ impl Timeout {
     pub fn new_at(at: Instant, handle: &Handle) -> io::Result<Timeout> {
         Ok(Timeout {
             token: try!(TimeoutToken::new(at, &handle)),
+            when: at,
             handle: handle.remote().clone(),
         })
     }
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ impl Future for Timeout {
     fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<(), io::Error> {
         // TODO: is this fast enough?
         let now = Instant::now();
-        if *self.token.when() <= now {
+        if self.when <= now {
             Ok(Async::Ready(()))
         } else {
             self.token.update_timeout(&self.handle);
diff --git a/src/reactor/timeout_token.rs b/src/reactor/timeout_token.rs
index 98b38716b..1533deb1c 100644
--- a/src/reactor/timeout_token.rs
+++ b/src/reactor/timeout_token.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use reactor::{Message, Handle, Remote};
 /// A token that identifies an active timeout.
 pub struct TimeoutToken {
     token: usize,
-    when: Instant,
 }
 
 impl TimeoutToken {
@@ -17,23 +16,13 @@ impl TimeoutToken {
     pub fn new(at: Instant, handle: &Handle) -> io::Result<TimeoutToken> {
         match handle.inner.upgrade() {
             Some(inner) => {
-                let (token, when) = try!(inner.borrow_mut().add_timeout(at));
-                Ok(TimeoutToken { token: token, when: when })
+                let token = inner.borrow_mut().add_timeout(at);
+                Ok(TimeoutToken { token: token })
             }
             None => Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "event loop gone")),
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns the instant in time when this timeout token will "fire".
-    ///
-    /// Note that this instant may *not* be the instant that was passed in when
-    /// the timeout was created. The event loop does not support high resolution
-    /// timers, so the exact resolution of when a timeout may fire may be
-    /// slightly fudged.
-    pub fn when(&self) -> &Instant {
-        &self.when
-    }
-
     /// Updates a previously added timeout to notify a new task instead.
     ///
     /// # Panics