diff --git a/src/httpserver.cpp b/src/httpserver.cpp
index a554dcb097166..5000b0e2455df 100644
--- a/src/httpserver.cpp
+++ b/src/httpserver.cpp
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ class WorkQueue
                                  numThreads(0)
     {
     }
-    /** Precondition: worker threads have all stopped
-     * (call WaitExit)
+    /** Precondition: worker threads have all stopped (they have been joined).
      */
     ~WorkQueue()
     {
@@ -141,13 +140,6 @@ class WorkQueue
         running = false;
         cond.notify_all();
     }
-    /** Wait for worker threads to exit */
-    void WaitExit()
-    {
-        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(cs);
-        while (numThreads > 0)
-            cond.wait(lock);
-    }
 };
 
 struct HTTPPathHandler
@@ -486,7 +478,6 @@ void StopHTTPServer()
     LogPrint(BCLog::HTTP, "Stopping HTTP server\n");
     if (workQueue) {
         LogPrint(BCLog::HTTP, "Waiting for HTTP worker threads to exit\n");
-        workQueue->WaitExit();
         for (auto& thread: g_thread_http_workers) {
             thread.join();
         }