diff --git a/include/villas/path.h b/include/villas/path.h
index fb01e5d23..654131e2e 100644
--- a/include/villas/path.h
+++ b/include/villas/path.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct path
 	
 	struct node *in;		/**< Pointer to the incoming node */
 	
-	struct queue queue;	/**< A ring buffer for all received messages (unmodified) */
+	struct queue queue;		/**< A ring buffer for all received messages (unmodified) */
 	struct pool pool;		/**< Memory pool for messages / samples. */
 
 	struct list destinations;	/**< List of all outgoing nodes */
@@ -51,11 +51,8 @@ struct path
 	int samplelen;			/**< Maximum number of values per sample for this path. */
 	int queuelen;			/**< Size of sample queue for this path. */
 	int enabled;			/**< Is this path enabled */
-	int tfd;			/**< Timer file descriptor for fixed rate sending */
-	double rate;			/**< Send messages with a fixed rate over this path */
 
-	pthread_t recv_tid;		/**< The thread id for this path */
-	pthread_t sent_tid;		/**< A second thread id for fixed rate sending thread */
+	pthread_t tid;			/**< The thread id for this path */
 
 	config_setting_t *cfg;		/**< A pointer to the libconfig object which instantiated this path */
 	
@@ -74,7 +71,6 @@ struct path
 	uintmax_t invalid;		/**< Counter for invalid messages */
 	uintmax_t skipped;		/**< Counter for skipped messages due to hooks */
 	uintmax_t dropped;		/**< Counter for dropped messages due to reordering */
-	uintmax_t overrun;		/**< Counter of overruns for fixed-rate sending */
 	
 	/** @} */
 };
diff --git a/lib/cfg.c b/lib/cfg.c
index 33fe11ed6..84fbfd35f 100644
--- a/lib/cfg.c
+++ b/lib/cfg.c
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ int cfg_parse_path(config_setting_t *cfg,
 		reverse = 0;
 	if (!config_setting_lookup_bool(cfg, "enabled", &p->enabled))
 		p->enabled = 1;
-	if (!config_setting_lookup_float(cfg, "rate", &p->rate))
-		p->rate = 0; /* disabled */
 
 	p->cfg = cfg;
 
diff --git a/lib/path.c b/lib/path.c
index 69667cbcc..ec8e100ba 100644
--- a/lib/path.c
+++ b/lib/path.c
@@ -51,32 +51,7 @@ static void path_write(struct path *p, bool resend)
 	}
 }
 
-/** Send messages asynchronously */
-static void * path_run_async(void *arg)
-{
-	struct path *p = arg;
-
-	/* Block until 1/p->rate seconds elapsed */
-	for (;;) {
-		/* Check for overruns */
-		uint64_t expir = timerfd_wait(p->tfd);
-		if (expir == 0)
-			perror("Failed to wait for timer");
-		else if (expir > 1) {
-			p->overrun += expir;
-			warn("Overrun detected for path: overruns=%" PRIu64, expir);
-		}
-		
-		if (hook_run(p, NULL, 0, HOOK_ASYNC))
-			continue;
-
-		path_write(p, true);
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-/** Receive messages */
+/** Main thread function per path: receive -> sent messages */
 static void * path_run(void *arg)
 {
 	struct path *p = arg;
@@ -116,9 +91,7 @@ static void * path_run(void *arg)
 
 		debug(DBG_PATH | 3, "Enqueuing %u samples to queue of path %s", enqueue, path_name(p));
 
-		/* At fixed rate mode, messages are send by another (asynchronous) thread */
-		if (p->rate == 0)
-			path_write(p, false);
+		path_write(p);
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
@@ -128,25 +101,16 @@ int path_start(struct path *p)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	info("Starting path: %s (#hooks=%zu, rate=%.1f)",
-		path_name(p), list_length(&p->hooks), p->rate);
+	info("Starting path: %s (#hooks=%zu)",
+		path_name(p), list_length(&p->hooks));
 
 	ret = hook_run(p, NULL, 0, HOOK_PATH_START);
 	if (ret)
 		return -1;
 
-	/* At fixed rate mode, we start another thread for sending */
-	if (p->rate) {
-		p->tfd = timerfd_create_rate(p->rate);
-		if (p->tfd < 0)
-			serror("Failed to create timer");
-
-		pthread_create(&p->sent_tid, NULL, &path_run_async, p);
-	}
-	
 	p->state = PATH_RUNNING;
 
-	return pthread_create(&p->recv_tid, NULL, &path_run,  p);
+	return pthread_create(&p->tid, NULL, &path_run,  p);
 }
 
 int path_stop(struct path *p)
@@ -156,13 +120,6 @@ int path_stop(struct path *p)
 	pthread_cancel(p->recv_tid);
 	pthread_join(p->recv_tid, NULL);
 
-	if (p->rate) {
-		pthread_cancel(p->sent_tid);
-		pthread_join(p->sent_tid, NULL);
-
-		close(p->tfd);
-	}
-	
 	p->state = PATH_STOPPED;
 
 	if (hook_run(p, NULL, 0, HOOK_PATH_STOP))