diff --git a/src/kernel/Communicator.cc b/src/kernel/Communicator.cc
index 476556d4..fc2ebc64 100644
--- a/src/kernel/Communicator.cc
+++ b/src/kernel/Communicator.cc
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ CommSession::~CommSession()
 
 inline int Communicator::first_timeout(CommSession *session)
 {
-	int timeout = session->response_timeout();
+	int timeout = session->target->response_timeout;
 
 	if (timeout < 0 || (unsigned int)session->timeout <= (unsigned int)timeout)
 	{
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ inline int Communicator::first_timeout(CommSession *session)
 
 int Communicator::next_timeout(CommSession *session)
 {
-	int timeout = session->response_timeout();
+	int timeout = session->target->response_timeout;
 	struct timespec cur_time;
 	int time_used, time_left;
 
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ int Communicator::request(CommSession *session, CommTarget *target)
 			data.fd = entry->sockfd;
 			data.ssl = NULL;
 			data.context = entry;
-			timeout = session->connect_timeout();
+			timeout = session->target->connect_timeout;
 			if (mpoller_add(&data, timeout, this->mpoller) >= 0)
 				break;
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/Communicator.h b/src/kernel/Communicator.h
index 3b6e09b7..cfb7a729 100644
--- a/src/kernel/Communicator.h
+++ b/src/kernel/Communicator.h
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ public:
 		*addrlen = this->addrlen;
 	}
 
-	int get_connect_timeout() const { return this->connect_timeout; }
-	int get_response_timeout() const { return this->response_timeout; }
-
 protected:
 	void set_ssl(SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx, int ssl_connect_timeout)
 	{
@@ -139,10 +136,6 @@ private:
 	virtual int first_timeout() { return 0; }	/* for client session only. */
 	virtual void handle(int state, int error) = 0;
 
-private:
-	virtual int connect_timeout() { return this->target->connect_timeout; }
-	virtual int response_timeout() { return this->target->response_timeout; }
-
 protected:
 	CommTarget *get_target() const { return this->target; }
 	CommConnection *get_connection() const { return this->conn; }