diff --git a/stl/inc/semaphore b/stl/inc/semaphore
index 6825f53519b..e012ece735b 100644
--- a/stl/inc/semaphore
+++ b/stl/inc/semaphore
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ _STL_DISABLE_CLANG_WARNINGS
 
 _STD_BEGIN
 
-template <class _Rep, class _Period>
-_NODISCARD unsigned long long _Semaphore_deadline(const chrono::duration<_Rep, _Period>& _Rel_time) {
-    return __std_atomic_wait_get_deadline(
-        chrono::duration_cast<chrono::duration<unsigned long long, milli>>(_Rel_time).count());
-}
-
 template <class _Clock, class _Duration>
 _NODISCARD unsigned long _Semaphore_remaining_timeout(const chrono::time_point<_Clock, _Duration>& _Abs_time) {
     const auto _Now = _Clock::now();
@@ -145,11 +139,11 @@ public:
 
     template <class _Rep, class _Period>
     _NODISCARD_TRY_CHANGE_STATE bool try_acquire_for(const chrono::duration<_Rep, _Period>& _Rel_time) {
-        auto _Deadline     = _Semaphore_deadline(_Rel_time);
+        auto _Deadline     = _STD chrono::steady_clock::now() + _Rel_time;
         ptrdiff_t _Current = _Counter.load(memory_order_relaxed);
         for (;;) {
             while (_Current == 0) {
-                const auto _Remaining_timeout = __std_atomic_wait_get_remaining_timeout(_Deadline);
+                const auto _Remaining_timeout = _Semaphore_remaining_timeout(_Deadline);
                 if (_Remaining_timeout == 0) {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -257,7 +251,7 @@ public:
 
     template <class _Rep, class _Period>
     _NODISCARD_TRY_CHANGE_STATE bool try_acquire_for(const chrono::duration<_Rep, _Period>& _Rel_time) {
-        auto _Deadline = _Semaphore_deadline(_Rel_time);
+        auto _Deadline = _STD chrono::steady_clock::now() + _Rel_time;
         for (;;) {
             // "happens after release" ordering is provided by this exchange, so loads and waits can be relaxed
             // TRANSITION, GH-1133: should be memory_order_acquire
@@ -267,7 +261,7 @@ public:
             }
             _STL_VERIFY(_Prev == 0, "Invariant: semaphore counter is non-negative and doesn't exceed max(), "
                                     "possibly caused by memory corruption");
-            const auto _Remaining_timeout = __std_atomic_wait_get_remaining_timeout(_Deadline);
+            const auto _Remaining_timeout = _Semaphore_remaining_timeout(_Deadline);
             if (_Remaining_timeout == 0) {
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/stl/inc/xatomic_wait.h b/stl/inc/xatomic_wait.h
index 5058335d974..0f67e66a81f 100644
--- a/stl/inc/xatomic_wait.h
+++ b/stl/inc/xatomic_wait.h
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ int __stdcall __std_atomic_wait_indirect(const void* _Storage, void* _Comparand,
 void __stdcall __std_atomic_notify_one_indirect(const void* _Storage) noexcept;
 void __stdcall __std_atomic_notify_all_indirect(const void* _Storage) noexcept;
 
-// These functions convert a duration into a time point in order to tolerate spurious wakes in atomic wait, and then
-// convert back from the time point to individual wait attempts (which are limited by DWORD milliseconds to a length of
-// ~49 days)
-unsigned long long __stdcall __std_atomic_wait_get_deadline(unsigned long long _Timeout) noexcept;
-unsigned long __stdcall __std_atomic_wait_get_remaining_timeout(unsigned long long _Deadline) noexcept;
-
 } // extern "C"
 
 #pragma pop_macro("new")
diff --git a/stl/src/atomic_wait.cpp b/stl/src/atomic_wait.cpp
index 4bafb1a86bb..b20c6f5cc38 100644
--- a/stl/src/atomic_wait.cpp
+++ b/stl/src/atomic_wait.cpp
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ int __stdcall __std_atomic_wait_indirect(const void* _Storage, void* _Comparand,
     }
 }
 
+// TRANSITION, ABI: preserved for binary compatibility
 unsigned long long __stdcall __std_atomic_wait_get_deadline(const unsigned long long _Timeout) noexcept {
     if (_Timeout == _Atomic_wait_no_deadline) {
         return _Atomic_wait_no_deadline;
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ unsigned long long __stdcall __std_atomic_wait_get_deadline(const unsigned long
     }
 }
 
+// TRANSITION, ABI: preserved for binary compatibility
 unsigned long __stdcall __std_atomic_wait_get_remaining_timeout(unsigned long long _Deadline) noexcept {
     static_assert(__std_atomic_wait_no_timeout == INFINITE,
         "__std_atomic_wait_no_timeout is passed directly to underlying API, so should match it");