diff --git a/lib/timers.js b/lib/timers.js
index 21e3df85d8..6a82497007 100644
--- a/lib/timers.js
+++ b/lib/timers.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function debug () {
 // IDLE TIMEOUTS
 //
 // Because often many sockets will have the same idle timeout we will not
-// use one timeout watcher per socket. It is too much overhead.  Instead
+// use one timeout watcher per item. It is too much overhead.  Instead
 // we'll use a single watcher for all sockets with the same timeout value
 // and a linked list. This technique is described in the libev manual:
 // http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod#Be_smart_about_timeouts
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ function debug () {
 // value = list
 var lists = {};
 
-// show the most idle socket
+// show the most idle item
 function peek (list) {
   if (list._idlePrev == list) return null;
   return list._idlePrev;
 }
 
 
-// remove the most idle socket from the list
+// remove the most idle item from the list
 function shift (list) {
   var first = list._idlePrev;
   remove(first);
@@ -39,28 +39,28 @@ function shift (list) {
 }
 
 
-// remove a socket from its list
-function remove (socket) {
-  socket._idleNext._idlePrev = socket._idlePrev;
-  socket._idlePrev._idleNext = socket._idleNext;
+// remove a item from its list
+function remove (item) {
+  item._idleNext._idlePrev = item._idlePrev;
+  item._idlePrev._idleNext = item._idleNext;
 }
 
 
-// remove a socket from its list and place at the end.
-function append (list, socket) {
-  remove(socket);
-  socket._idleNext = list._idleNext;
-  socket._idleNext._idlePrev = socket;
-  socket._idlePrev = list;
-  list._idleNext = socket;
+// remove a item from its list and place at the end.
+function append (list, item) {
+  remove(item);
+  item._idleNext = list._idleNext;
+  item._idleNext._idlePrev = item;
+  item._idlePrev = list;
+  list._idleNext = item;
 }
 
 
 // the main function - creates lists on demand and the watchers associated
 // with them.
-function insert (socket, msecs) {
-  socket._idleStart = new Date();
-  socket._idleTimeout = msecs;
+function insert (item, msecs) {
+  item._idleStart = new Date();
+  item._idleTimeout = msecs;
 
   if (!msecs) return;
 
@@ -105,17 +105,17 @@ function insert (socket, msecs) {
     list.again(msecs);
   }
 
-  append(list, socket);
+  append(list, item);
   assert(list._idleNext != list); // list is not empty
 }
 
 
-var unenroll = exports.unenroll = function (socket) {
-  if (socket._idleNext) {
-    socket._idleNext._idlePrev = socket._idlePrev;
-    socket._idlePrev._idleNext = socket._idleNext;
+var unenroll = exports.unenroll = function (item) {
+  if (item._idleNext) {
+    item._idleNext._idlePrev = item._idlePrev;
+    item._idlePrev._idleNext = item._idleNext;
 
-    var list = lists[socket._idleTimeout];
+    var list = lists[item._idleTimeout];
     // if empty then stop the watcher
     //debug('unenroll');
     if (list && list._idlePrev == list) {
@@ -127,33 +127,73 @@ var unenroll = exports.unenroll = function (socket) {
 
 
 // Does not start the time, just sets up the members needed.
-exports.enroll = function (socket, msecs) {
-  // if this socket was already in a list somewhere
+exports.enroll = function (item, msecs) {
+  // if this item was already in a list somewhere
   // then we should unenroll it from that
-  if (socket._idleNext) unenroll(socket);
+  if (item._idleNext) unenroll(item);
 
-  socket._idleTimeout = msecs;
-  socket._idleNext = socket;
-  socket._idlePrev = socket;
+  item._idleTimeout = msecs;
+  item._idleNext = item;
+  item._idlePrev = item;
 };
 
-// call this whenever the socket is active (not idle)
+// call this whenever the item is active (not idle)
 // it will reset its timeout.
-exports.active = function (socket) {
-  var msecs = socket._idleTimeout;
+exports.active = function (item) {
+  var msecs = item._idleTimeout;
   if (msecs) {
     var list = lists[msecs];
-    if (socket._idleNext == socket) {
-      insert(socket, msecs);
+    if (item._idleNext == item) {
+      insert(item, msecs);
     } else {
       // inline append
-      socket._idleStart = new Date();
-      socket._idleNext._idlePrev = socket._idlePrev;
-      socket._idlePrev._idleNext = socket._idleNext;
-      socket._idleNext = list._idleNext;
-      socket._idleNext._idlePrev = socket;
-      socket._idlePrev = list;
-      list._idleNext = socket;
+      item._idleStart = new Date();
+      item._idleNext._idlePrev = item._idlePrev;
+      item._idlePrev._idleNext = item._idleNext;
+      item._idleNext = list._idleNext;
+      item._idleNext._idlePrev = item;
+      item._idlePrev = list;
+      list._idleNext = item;
     }
   }
 };
+
+
+
+
+
+// Timers
+function addTimerListener (callback) {
+  var timer = this;
+  // Special case the no param case to avoid the extra object creation.
+  if (arguments.length > 2) {
+    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);
+    timer.callback = function () { callback.apply(timer, args); };
+  } else {
+    timer.callback = callback;
+  }
+}
+
+
+exports.setTimeout = function (callback, after) {
+  var timer = new Timer();
+  addTimerListener.apply(timer, arguments);
+  timer.start(after, 0);
+  return timer;
+};
+
+exports.setInterval = function (callback, repeat) {
+  var timer = new Timer();
+  addTimerListener.apply(timer, arguments);
+  timer.start(repeat, repeat ? repeat : 1);
+  return timer;
+};
+
+exports.clearTimeout = function (timer) {
+  if (timer instanceof Timer) {
+    timer.callback = null;
+    timer.stop();
+  }
+};
+
+exports.clearInterval = exports.clearTimeout;
diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index ab296d2dc1..8ebe7b14d8 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -425,45 +425,26 @@ var constants; // lazy loaded.
   };
 })();
 
-// Timers
-function addTimerListener (callback) {
-  var timer = this;
-  // Special case the no param case to avoid the extra object creation.
-  if (arguments.length > 2) {
-    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);
-    timer.callback = function () { callback.apply(timer, args); };
-  } else {
-    timer.callback = callback;
-  }
-}
 
-var Timer; // lazy load
-
-global.setTimeout = function (callback, after) {
-  if (!Timer) Timer = process.binding("timer").Timer;
-  var timer = new Timer();
-  addTimerListener.apply(timer, arguments);
-  timer.start(after, 0);
-  return timer;
+global.setTimeout = function () {
+  var t = module.requireNative('timers');
+  return t.setTimeout.apply(this, arguments);
 };
 
-global.setInterval = function (callback, repeat) {
-  if (!Timer) Timer = process.binding("timer").Timer;
-  var timer = new Timer();
-  addTimerListener.apply(timer, arguments);
-  timer.start(repeat, repeat ? repeat : 1);
-  return timer;
+global.setInterval = function () {
+  var t = module.requireNative('timers');
+  return t.setInterval.apply(this, arguments);
 };
 
-global.clearTimeout = function (timer) {
-  if (!Timer) Timer = process.binding("timer").Timer;
-  if (timer instanceof Timer) {
-    timer.callback = null;
-    timer.stop();
-  }
+global.clearTimeout = function () {
+  var t = module.requireNative('timers');
+  return t.clearTimeout.apply(this, arguments);
 };
 
-global.clearInterval = global.clearTimeout;
+global.clearInterval = function () {
+  var t = module.requireNative('timers');
+  return t.clearInterval.apply(this, arguments);
+};
 
 
 var stdout;