diff --git a/common/JackAudioDriver.cpp b/common/JackAudioDriver.cpp
index c98f0dc7..c95cca0c 100644
--- a/common/JackAudioDriver.cpp
+++ b/common/JackAudioDriver.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 #include "JackPort.h"
 #include "JackGraphManager.h"
 #include "JackEngine.h"
-#include "JackTools.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 
 namespace Jack
@@ -50,20 +49,18 @@ int JackAudioDriver::SetBufferSize(jack_nframes_t buffer_size)
 {
     fEngineControl->fBufferSize = buffer_size;
 	fGraphManager->SetBufferSize(buffer_size);	
-	float new_val = 1000000.f / fEngineControl->fSampleRate * fEngineControl->fBufferSize;			// in microsec
-	if (JackTools::EqualFloat(2.f * fEngineControl->fPeriodUsecs, fEngineControl->fTimeOutUsecs))	// -t (timeout) was not used, see JackDriver::Open...
-		fEngineControl->fTimeOutUsecs = jack_time_t(2.f * new_val);
-	fEngineControl->fPeriodUsecs = jack_time_t(new_val); 
+	fEngineControl->fPeriodUsecs = jack_time_t(1000000.f / fEngineControl->fSampleRate * fEngineControl->fBufferSize);	// in microsec		
+	if (!fEngineControl->fTimeOut)
+		fEngineControl->fTimeOutUsecs = jack_time_t(2.f * fEngineControl->fPeriodUsecs);
     return 0;
 }
 
 int JackAudioDriver::SetSampleRate(jack_nframes_t sample_rate)
 {
     fEngineControl->fSampleRate = sample_rate;
-	float new_val = 1000000.f / fEngineControl->fSampleRate * fEngineControl->fBufferSize;			// in microsec
-	if (JackTools::EqualFloat(2.f * fEngineControl->fPeriodUsecs, fEngineControl->fTimeOutUsecs))	// -t (timeout) was not used, see JackDriver::Open...
-		fEngineControl->fTimeOutUsecs = jack_time_t(2.f * new_val);
-    fEngineControl->fPeriodUsecs = jack_time_t(new_val); 
+	fEngineControl->fPeriodUsecs = jack_time_t(1000000.f / fEngineControl->fSampleRate * fEngineControl->fBufferSize);	// in microsec		
+	if (!fEngineControl->fTimeOut)
+		fEngineControl->fTimeOutUsecs = jack_time_t(2.f * fEngineControl->fPeriodUsecs);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/common/JackDriver.cpp b/common/JackDriver.cpp
index 4d39846c..8cbd120b 100644
--- a/common/JackDriver.cpp
+++ b/common/JackDriver.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int JackDriver::Open(jack_nframes_t nframes,
     strcpy(fPlaybackDriverName, playback_driver_name);
 
     fEngineControl->fPeriodUsecs = jack_time_t(1000000.f / fEngineControl->fSampleRate * fEngineControl->fBufferSize); // in microsec
-    if (fEngineControl->fTimeOutUsecs == 0)  /* if zero [-t (timeout) was not used], use 2 period size */
+    if (!fEngineControl->fTimeOut)
         fEngineControl->fTimeOutUsecs = jack_time_t(2.f * fEngineControl->fPeriodUsecs);
 
     fGraphManager->SetBufferSize(nframes);
diff --git a/common/JackEngineControl.h b/common/JackEngineControl.h
index 90f01ac3..139bd728 100644
--- a/common/JackEngineControl.h
+++ b/common/JackEngineControl.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct JackEngineControl : public JackShmMem
 	bool fTemporary;
     jack_time_t fPeriodUsecs;
     jack_time_t fTimeOutUsecs;
+	bool fTimeOut;
 	bool fRealTime;
 	int32_t fPriority;
 	char fServerName[64];
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ struct JackEngineControl : public JackShmMem
 	{
 		fSyncMode = sync;
 		fTemporary = temporary;
+		fTimeOut = (timeout > 0);
 		fTimeOutUsecs = timeout * 1000;
 		fRealTime = rt;
 		fPriority = priority;
diff --git a/common/JackTools.h b/common/JackTools.h
index efc1ccf3..b126d48b 100644
--- a/common/JackTools.h
+++ b/common/JackTools.h
@@ -42,12 +42,7 @@ namespace Jack
 		static void CleanupFiles(const char* server_name);
 		static int GetTmpdir();
 		static void RewriteName(const char* name, char* new_name);
-		
-		static bool inline EqualFloat(float a, float b)
-		{
-			return (fabs(a - b) < 0.00001f);
-		}
-
+	
 	};
 }