diff --git a/talk/app/webrtc/statscollector.cc b/talk/app/webrtc/statscollector.cc
index 86a88c159..74fc3a72e 100644
--- a/talk/app/webrtc/statscollector.cc
+++ b/talk/app/webrtc/statscollector.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #include "talk/base/base64.h"
 #include "talk/base/scoped_ptr.h"
+#include "talk/base/timing.h"
 #include "talk/session/media/channel.h"
 
 namespace webrtc {
@@ -924,7 +925,7 @@ void StatsCollector::ExtractVideoInfo(
 }
 
 double StatsCollector::GetTimeNow() {
-  return timing_.WallTimeNow() * talk_base::kNumMillisecsPerSec;
+  return talk_base::Timing::WallTimeNow() * talk_base::kNumMillisecsPerSec;
 }
 
 bool StatsCollector::GetTransportIdFromProxy(const std::string& proxy,
diff --git a/talk/app/webrtc/statscollector.h b/talk/app/webrtc/statscollector.h
index 77a1ba086..251690455 100644
--- a/talk/app/webrtc/statscollector.h
+++ b/talk/app/webrtc/statscollector.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 #include "talk/app/webrtc/statstypes.h"
 #include "talk/app/webrtc/webrtcsession.h"
 
-#include "talk/base/timing.h"
-
 namespace webrtc {
 
 class StatsCollector {
@@ -130,7 +128,6 @@ class StatsCollector {
   // Raw pointer to the session the statistics are gathered from.
   WebRtcSession* session_;
   double stats_gathering_started_;
-  talk_base::Timing timing_;
   cricket::ProxyTransportMap proxy_to_transport_;
 
   typedef std::vector<std::pair<AudioTrackInterface*, uint32> >
diff --git a/talk/base/timing.cc b/talk/base/timing.cc
index 4df9f1f34..0b55eaf8c 100644
--- a/talk/base/timing.cc
+++ b/talk/base/timing.cc
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Timing::~Timing() {
 #endif
 }
 
+// static
 double Timing::WallTimeNow() {
 #if defined(POSIX)
   struct timeval time;
diff --git a/talk/base/timing.h b/talk/base/timing.h
index f2bf0130b..2112e862d 100644
--- a/talk/base/timing.h
+++ b/talk/base/timing.h
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class Timing {
 
   // WallTimeNow() returns the current wall-clock time in seconds,
   // within 10 milliseconds resolution.
-  virtual double WallTimeNow();
+  // WallTimeNow is static and does not require a timer_handle_ on Windows.
+  static double WallTimeNow();
 
   // TimerNow() is like WallTimeNow(), but is monotonically
   // increasing.  It returns seconds in resolution of 10 microseconds
diff --git a/webrtc/base/timing.cc b/webrtc/base/timing.cc
index aa1fc4290..0c5ed5e12 100644
--- a/webrtc/base/timing.cc
+++ b/webrtc/base/timing.cc
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Timing::~Timing() {
 #endif
 }
 
+// static
 double Timing::WallTimeNow() {
 #if defined(WEBRTC_POSIX)
   struct timeval time;
diff --git a/webrtc/base/timing.h b/webrtc/base/timing.h
index 58b17a9fb..1dee60761 100644
--- a/webrtc/base/timing.h
+++ b/webrtc/base/timing.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ class Timing {
 
   // WallTimeNow() returns the current wall-clock time in seconds,
   // within 10 milliseconds resolution.
-  virtual double WallTimeNow();
+  // WallTimeNow is static and does not require a timer_handle_ on Windows.
+  static double WallTimeNow();
 
   // TimerNow() is like WallTimeNow(), but is monotonically
   // increasing.  It returns seconds in resolution of 10 microseconds