diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bce7ce1..555ecaa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ TRANSLATIONS = $(addsuffix .tr,en $(notdir $(basename $(wildcard po/*.po))))
 
 DEFAULT_LANG =
 
-PIC_COMMON   = back.jpg head{,_a}.jpg
+PIC_COMMON   = back.jpg
 
 FILES_CORE   = init languages
 
diff --git a/common.inc b/common.inc
index 6e29b82..ea153fa 100644
--- a/common.inc
+++ b/common.inc
@@ -1024,21 +1024,6 @@
 
   timeout.init
 
-  currentimage
-
-  /head "head.jpg" readimage def
-  /head_a "head_a.jpg" readimage def
-
-  small_layout {
-     70 173 moveto head  head_a  showlogo
-  } {
-    234 217 moveto head  head_a  showlogo
-  } ifelse
-
-  head free head_a free
-
-  setimage
-
   % set default language
   "lang" findfile dup {
     /tmp over length 1 add 2 max string def
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d6685d0..2e7e01c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (0.1.6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Remove timeout clock graphics, which seem to break on some machines and
+    were scary-looking anyway (closes: Ubuntu #21210).
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:47:56 +0000
+
 gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (0.1.5) dapper; urgency=low
 
   * debian/rules: Stop trying to install *.dat.
diff --git a/head.jpg b/head.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 81746ee..0000000
Binary files a/head.jpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/head_a.jpg b/head_a.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f14648..0000000
Binary files a/head_a.jpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/timeout.inc b/timeout.inc
index 539968f..a11d956 100644
--- a/timeout.inc
+++ b/timeout.inc
@@ -5,73 +5,23 @@
 % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 % ( timeout time ) ==> ( )
 /Timeout {
-  % first time
+  /timeout.time exch def
+  /timeout.timeout exch def
 
-  dup /timeout.time exch def
+  timeout.time 10 mul 150 add 182 div /timeout.seconds exch def
 
-  over sub neg timeout.symbols mul exch div
+  timeout.seconds timeout.current eq { return } if
+  /timeout.current timeout.seconds def
 
-  dup timeout.current eq { pop return } if
+  white setcolor
 
-  /timeout.last timeout.current def
-  /timeout.current exch def
+  timeout.time.x timeout.time.y moveto -30 0 rmoveto
+  currentpoint 30 fontheight image
 
-  timeout.current timeout.symbols ge {
-
-    timeout.time.x timeout.time.y moveto -30 0 rmoveto
-    currentpoint 30 fontheight image
-
-    0 1 timeout.symbols 1 sub {
-      timeout.clear { 2 } { 1 } ifelse drawtsymbol
-    } for
-
-    % free memory
-    timeout.areas {
-      /to.tmp exch def
-
-      to.tmp .to_back over over get free
-      to.tmp .to_back .undef put
-
-    } forall
-  } {
-
-    white setcolor
-
-    timeout.time.x timeout.time.y moveto -30 0 rmoveto
-    currentpoint 30 fontheight image
-
-    timeout.time 10 mul 150 add 182 div "%ds" timeout.buf sprintf
+  timeout.time 0 gt {
+    timeout.seconds "%ds" timeout.buf sprintf
 
     timeout.time.x timeout.time.y moveto timeout.buf showright
-
-    timeout.last 1 timeout.current {
-      1 sub dup 0 ge {
-        1 drawtsymbol
-      } if
-    } for
-  } ifelse
-} def
-
-
-% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-% draw a timeout symbol
-% ( index status ) ==> ()
-%
-% status: 0: init, 1: clear, 2: set
-%
-/drawtsymbol {
-  /timeout.status exch def
-
-  timeout.status 1 eq timeout.status 2 eq or {
-    timeout.areas exch get /to.tmp exch def
-
-    timeout.x to.tmp .to_x get add
-    timeout.y to.tmp .to_y get add
-    moveto
-
-    to.tmp .to_back get
-    restorescreen
-
   } if
 } def
 
@@ -83,77 +33,13 @@
 %
 /timeout.init {
   /timeout.current    -1 def
-  /timeout.symbols timeout.areas length def
-  /timeout.clear    true def
   /timeout.buf        64 string def
 
   /timeout.time.x timeout.x 60 add def
   /timeout.time.y timeout.y 120 add def
-
-  timeout.areas {
-    /to.tmp exch def
-
-    timeout.x to.tmp .to_x get add
-    timeout.y to.tmp .to_y get add
-    moveto
-
-    to.tmp .to_back
-      6 6 savescreen
-    put
-
-  } forall
-
 } def
 
 
 /timeout.x { head.x } def
 /timeout.y { head.y } def
 
-% timeout.areas entries
-/.to_x 0 def
-/.to_y 1 def
-/.to_back 2 def
-
-
-/timeout.areas [
-  [  54   0 .undef ]
-  [  62   0 .undef ]
-  [  70   3 .undef ]
-  [  77   7 .undef ]
-  [  84  12 .undef ]
-  [  89  18 .undef ]
-  [  94  25 .undef ]
-  [  97  33 .undef ]
-  [  99  41 .undef ]
-  [ 100  50 .undef ]
-  [  99  58 .undef ]
-  [  97  66 .undef ]
-  [  94  74 .undef ]
-  [  89  81 .undef ]
-  [  83  87 .undef ]
-  [  77  92 .undef ]
-  [  69  96 .undef ]
-  [  62  99 .undef ]
-  [  54 100 .undef ]
-  [  45 100 .undef ]
-  [  37  99 .undef ]
-  [  29  96 .undef ]
-  [  21  92 .undef ]
-  [  15  87 .undef ]
-  [   9  81 .undef ]
-  [   4  73 .undef ]
-  [   1  66 .undef ]
-  [   0  58 .undef ]
-  [   0  49 .undef ]
-  [   0  41 .undef ]
-  [   1  33 .undef ]
-  [   4  25 .undef ]
-  [   9  18 .undef ]
-  [  15  12 .undef ]
-  [  21   7 .undef ]
-  [  29   2 .undef ]
-  [  37   0 .undef ]
-  [  45   0 .undef ]
-] def
-
-