diff --git a/src/ert/job_queue/__init__.py b/src/ert/job_queue/__init__.py
index 895174bf70b..19b942ae2d3 100644
--- a/src/ert/job_queue/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ert/job_queue/__init__.py
@@ -83,20 +83,10 @@ def __init__(self, prototype: str, bind: bool = True) -> None:
         super().__init__(ResPrototype.lib, prototype, bind=bind)
 
 
-RES_LIB = ResPrototype.lib
-
 from ecl.util.util import updateAbortSignals  # noqa
 
 updateAbortSignals()
 
-
-def root() -> str:
-    """
-    Will print the filesystem root of the current ert package.
-    """
-    return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../"))
-
-
 from .driver import Driver  # noqa
 from .job_queue_manager import JobQueueManager  # noqa
 from .job_queue_node import JobQueueNode  # noqa
diff --git a/src/ert/job_queue/queue.py b/src/ert/job_queue/queue.py
index 64bdb34c750..4b6ee5f1638 100644
--- a/src/ert/job_queue/queue.py
+++ b/src/ert/job_queue/queue.py
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ def __init__(self, driver: "Driver", max_submit: int = 2):
 
         self.driver = driver
         self._differ = QueueDiffer()
-        self._max_job_duration = 0
         self._max_submit = max_submit
 
     def get_max_running(self) -> int:
@@ -120,9 +119,6 @@ def get_max_running(self) -> int:
     def set_max_running(self, max_running: int) -> None:
         self.driver.set_max_running(max_running)
 
-    def set_max_job_duration(self, max_duration: int) -> None:
-        self._max_job_duration = max_duration
-
     @property
     def max_submit(self) -> int:
         return self._max_submit
@@ -459,10 +455,6 @@ def snapshot(self) -> Optional[Dict[int, str]]:
         """Return the whole state, or None if there was no snapshot."""
         return self._differ.snapshot()
 
-    def changes_after_transition(self) -> Dict[int, str]:
-        old_state, new_state = self._differ.transition(self.job_list)
-        return self._differ.diff_states(old_state, new_state)
-
     def changes_without_transition(self) -> Tuple[Dict[int, str], List[JobStatus]]:
         old_state, new_state = self._differ.get_old_and_new_state(self.job_list)
         return self._differ.diff_states(old_state, new_state), new_state
diff --git a/src/ert/simulator/simulation_context.py b/src/ert/simulator/simulation_context.py
index a4be80dc8d0..422428b79be 100644
--- a/src/ert/simulator/simulation_context.py
+++ b/src/ert/simulator/simulation_context.py
@@ -97,14 +97,12 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         case_data: List[Tuple[Any, Any]],
     ):
         self._ert = ert
-        max_runtime = ert.analysisConfig().max_runtime
         self._mask = mask
 
         job_queue = JobQueue(
             Driver.create_driver(ert.get_queue_config()),
             max_submit=ert.get_queue_config().max_submit,
         )
-        job_queue.set_max_job_duration(max_runtime or 0)
         self._queue_manager = JobQueueManager(job_queue)
         # fill in the missing geo_id data
         global_substitutions = ert.get_context()