1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index c216877ce5f..49fffad7fe6 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -4820,10 +4820,9 @@ CURRENT-VALUE and MIN-CHANGE do not have any effect if MIN-VALUE
 and/or MAX-VALUE are nil.
 
 Optional MIN-TIME specifies the minimum interval time between
-echo area updates (default is 0.2 seconds.)  If the function
-`float-time' is not present, time is not tracked at all.  If the
-OS is not capable of measuring fractions of seconds, this
-parameter is effectively rounded up."
+echo area updates (default is 0.2 seconds.)  If the OS is not
+capable of measuring fractions of seconds, this parameter is
+effectively rounded up."
   (when (string-match "[[:alnum:]]\\'" message)
     (setq message (concat message "...")))
   (unless min-time
@@ -4831,8 +4830,7 @@ parameter is effectively rounded up."
   (let ((reporter
          ;; Force a call to `message' now
          (cons (or min-value 0)
-               (vector (if (and (fboundp 'float-time)
-                                (>= min-time 0.02))
+               (vector (if (>= min-time 0.02)
                            (float-time) nil)
                        min-value
                        max-value