diff --git a/src/network_manager.cpp b/src/network_manager.cpp
index 48e3848..fe59f0b 100644
--- a/src/network_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/network_manager.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 {
 
 extern std::unique_ptr<Timer> refreshObjectTimer;
-extern std::unique_ptr<Timer> restartTimer;
 using namespace phosphor::logging;
 using namespace sdbusplus::xyz::openbmc_project::Common::Error;
 
@@ -249,48 +248,6 @@
 
 #endif
 
-void Manager::restartTimers()
-{
-    using namespace std::chrono;
-    if (refreshObjectTimer && restartTimer)
-    {
-        restartTimer->restartOnce(restartTimeout);
-        refreshObjectTimer->restartOnce(refreshTimeout);
-    }
-}
-
-void Manager::restartSystemdUnit(const std::string& unit)
-{
-    try
-    {
-        auto method = bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_BUSNAME, SYSTEMD_PATH,
-                                          SYSTEMD_INTERFACE, "ResetFailedUnit");
-        method.append(unit);
-        bus.call_noreply(method);
-    }
-    catch (const sdbusplus::exception::exception& ex)
-    {
-        log<level::ERR>("Failed to reset failed unit",
-                        entry("UNIT=%s", unit.c_str()),
-                        entry("ERR=%s", ex.what()));
-        elog<InternalFailure>();
-    }
-
-    try
-    {
-        auto method = bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_BUSNAME, SYSTEMD_PATH,
-                                          SYSTEMD_INTERFACE, "RestartUnit");
-        method.append(unit.c_str(), "replace");
-        bus.call_noreply(method);
-    }
-    catch (const sdbusplus::exception::exception& ex)
-    {
-        log<level::ERR>("Failed to restart service", entry("ERR=%s", ex.what()),
-                        entry("UNIT=%s", unit.c_str()));
-        elog<InternalFailure>();
-    }
-}
-
 void Manager::reloadConfigs()
 {
     try
diff --git a/src/network_manager.hpp b/src/network_manager.hpp
index a93940f..fb3cc32 100644
--- a/src/network_manager.hpp
+++ b/src/network_manager.hpp
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@
      */
     bool createDefaultNetworkFiles(bool force);
 
-    /** @brief restart the network timers. */
-    void restartTimers();
-
     /** @brief This function gets the MAC address from the VPD and
      *  sets it on the corresponding ethernet interface during first
      *  Boot, once it sets the MAC from VPD, it creates a file named
@@ -127,12 +124,6 @@
     void setFistBootMACOnInterface(
         const std::pair<std::string, std::string>& ethPair);
 
-    /** @brief Restart the systemd unit
-     *  @param[in] unit - systemd unit name which needs to be
-     *                    restarted.
-     */
-    virtual void restartSystemdUnit(const std::string& unit);
-
     /** @brief Tell systemd-network to reload all of the network configurations
      */
     virtual void reloadConfigs();
diff --git a/src/network_manager_main.cpp b/src/network_manager_main.cpp
index fb08fdf..9153f28 100644
--- a/src/network_manager_main.cpp
+++ b/src/network_manager_main.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 
 std::unique_ptr<phosphor::network::Manager> manager = nullptr;
 std::unique_ptr<Timer> refreshObjectTimer = nullptr;
-std::unique_ptr<Timer> restartTimer = nullptr;
 
 #ifdef SYNC_MAC_FROM_INVENTORY
 std::unique_ptr<sdbusplus::bus::match::match> EthInterfaceMatch = nullptr;
@@ -244,21 +243,11 @@
     }
 }
 
-/** @brief restart the systemd networkd. */
-void restartNetwork()
-{
-    if (manager)
-    {
-        manager->restartSystemdUnit(phosphor::network::networkdService);
-    }
-}
-
 void initializeTimers()
 {
     auto event = sdeventplus::Event::get_default();
     refreshObjectTimer =
         std::make_unique<Timer>(event, std::bind(refreshObjects));
-    restartTimer = std::make_unique<Timer>(event, std::bind(restartNetwork));
 }
 
 } // namespace network
diff --git a/test/mock_network_manager.hpp b/test/mock_network_manager.hpp
index 9e27c9c..dce1b36 100644
--- a/test/mock_network_manager.hpp
+++ b/test/mock_network_manager.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                 std::make_pair(std::move(interface), std::move(intf)));
         }
     }
-    MOCK_METHOD1(restartSystemdUnit, void(const std::string& service));
+
     MOCK_METHOD(void, reloadConfigs, (), (override));
 };