diff --git a/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c b/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
index b1f26216835a437035eb5f367822939205fb67ec..d6be7826f31dff98f3a11340e5e5d3b796fc8aa7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
+++ b/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ static int  _attempt_backfill(void);
 static void _clear_job_start_times(void);
 static int  _delta_tv(struct timeval *tv);
 static void _do_diag_stats(struct timeval *tv1, struct timeval *tv2);
-static bool _job_is_completing(void);
 static bool _job_part_valid(struct job_record *job_ptr,
 			    struct part_record *part_ptr);
 static void _load_config(void);
@@ -214,36 +213,6 @@ static void _dump_node_space_table(node_space_map_t *node_space_ptr)
 	info("=========================================");
 }
 
-/*
- * _job_is_completing - Determine if jobs are in the process of completing.
- *	This is a variant of job_is_completing in slurmctld/job_scheduler.c.
- * RET - True if any job is in the process of completing
- */
-static bool _job_is_completing(void)
-{
-	bool completing = false;
-	ListIterator job_iterator;
-	struct job_record *job_ptr = NULL;
-	uint16_t complete_wait = slurm_get_complete_wait();
-	time_t recent;
-
-	if ((job_list == NULL) || (complete_wait == 0))
-		return completing;
-
-	recent = time(NULL) - MAX(complete_wait, 5);
-	job_iterator = list_iterator_create(job_list);
-	while ((job_ptr = (struct job_record *) list_next(job_iterator))) {
-		if (IS_JOB_COMPLETING(job_ptr) &&
-		    (job_ptr->end_time >= recent)) {
-			completing = true;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	list_iterator_destroy(job_iterator);
-
-	return completing;
-}
-
 static void _set_job_time_limit(struct job_record *job_ptr, uint32_t new_limit)
 {
 	job_ptr->time_limit = new_limit;
@@ -724,7 +693,7 @@ extern void *backfill_agent(void *args)
 		now = time(NULL);
 		wait_time = difftime(now, last_backfill_time);
 		if ((wait_time < backfill_interval) ||
-		    _job_is_completing() || _many_pending_rpcs() ||
+		    job_is_completing() || _many_pending_rpcs() ||
 		    !avail_front_end(NULL) || !_more_work(last_backfill_time))
 			continue;