diff --git a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg_Chrono.h b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg_Chrono.h
index e4ae121b3..a9d1bbbed 100644
--- a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg_Chrono.h
+++ b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg_Chrono.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
     public:
         static ElapsedTime createStarted();
 
-        constexpr ElapsedTime() :m_startTick() {}
+        constexpr ElapsedTime() : m_startTick() {}
 
         template <class TimeUnit>
         TimeUnit elapsed() const
@@ -18,42 +18,14 @@ namespace vcpkg
             return std::chrono::duration_cast<TimeUnit>(std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - this->m_startTick);
         }
 
-        std::string toString() const;
-
-    private:
-        std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point m_startTick;
-    };
-
-    class Stopwatch
-    {
-    public:
-        static Stopwatch createUnstarted();
-
-        static Stopwatch createStarted();
-
-        bool isRunning() const;
-
-        const Stopwatch& start();
-
-        const Stopwatch& stop();
-
-        Stopwatch& reset();
-
-        template <class TimeUnit>
-        TimeUnit elapsed() const
+        double microseconds() const
         {
-            return std::chrono::duration_cast<TimeUnit>(elapsedNanos());
+            return elapsed<std::chrono::duration<double, std::micro>>().count();
         }
 
         std::string toString() const;
 
     private:
-        Stopwatch();
-
-        std::chrono::nanoseconds elapsedNanos() const;
-
-        bool m_isRunning;
-        std::chrono::nanoseconds m_elapsedNanos;
-        std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point m_startTick;
+        std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point m_startTick;
     };
 }
diff --git a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg_System.h b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg_System.h
index 7634034ab..a414ba0d4 100644
--- a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg_System.h
+++ b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg_System.h
@@ -84,15 +84,6 @@ namespace vcpkg::System
         return println(c, Strings::format(messageTemplate, messageArgs...).c_str());
     }
 
-    struct Stopwatch2
-    {
-        int64_t start_time, end_time, freq;
-
-        void start();
-        void stop();
-        double microseconds() const;
-    };
-
     optional<std::wstring> get_environmental_variable(const wchar_t* varname) noexcept;
 
     void set_environmental_variable(const wchar_t* varname, const wchar_t* varvalue) noexcept;
diff --git a/toolsrc/src/commands_build.cpp b/toolsrc/src/commands_build.cpp
index e51d519f8..02b98e28d 100644
--- a/toolsrc/src/commands_build.cpp
+++ b/toolsrc/src/commands_build.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "PostBuildLint.h"
 #include "vcpkg_Dependencies.h"
 #include "vcpkg_System.h"
+#include "vcpkg_Chrono.h"
 #include "vcpkg_Environment.h"
 #include "metrics.h"
 #include "vcpkg_Enums.h"
@@ -53,11 +54,11 @@ namespace vcpkg::Commands::Build
                                                       port_dir.generic_wstring(),
                                                       ports_cmake_script_path.generic_wstring());
 
-        System::Stopwatch2 timer;
-        timer.start();
+        ElapsedTime timer = ElapsedTime::createStarted();
+
         int return_code = System::cmd_execute(command);
-        timer.stop();
-        TrackMetric("buildtimeus-" + spec.toString(), timer.microseconds());
+        auto buildtimeus = timer.microseconds();
+        TrackMetric("buildtimeus-" + spec.toString(), buildtimeus);
 
         if (return_code != 0)
         {
diff --git a/toolsrc/src/vcpkg.cpp b/toolsrc/src/vcpkg.cpp
index a263be8bc..e94d2538b 100644
--- a/toolsrc/src/vcpkg.cpp
+++ b/toolsrc/src/vcpkg.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "vcpkg_Input.h"
 #include "Paragraphs.h"
 #include "vcpkg_Strings.h"
+#include "vcpkg_Chrono.h"
 
 using namespace vcpkg;
 
@@ -153,8 +154,6 @@ static void loadConfig()
     }
 }
 
-static System::Stopwatch2 g_timer;
-
 static std::string trim_path_from_command_line(const std::string& full_command_line)
 {
     Checks::check_exit(full_command_line.size() > 0, "Internal failure - cannot have empty command line");
@@ -175,16 +174,18 @@ static std::string trim_path_from_command_line(const std::string& full_command_l
     return std::string(it, full_command_line.cend());
 }
 
+static ElapsedTime g_timer;
+
 int wmain(const int argc, const wchar_t* const* const argv)
 {
     if (argc == 0)
         std::abort();
 
-    g_timer.start();
+    g_timer = ElapsedTime::createStarted();
     atexit([]()
         {
-            g_timer.stop();
-            TrackMetric("elapsed_us", g_timer.microseconds());
+            auto elapsed_us = g_timer.microseconds();
+            TrackMetric("elapsed_us", elapsed_us);
             Flush();
         });
 
diff --git a/toolsrc/src/vcpkg_Chrono.cpp b/toolsrc/src/vcpkg_Chrono.cpp
index 1bcb439be..e39842df9 100644
--- a/toolsrc/src/vcpkg_Chrono.cpp
+++ b/toolsrc/src/vcpkg_Chrono.cpp
@@ -60,60 +60,4 @@ namespace vcpkg
     {
         return format_time_userfriendly(elapsed<std::chrono::nanoseconds>());
     }
-
-    Stopwatch Stopwatch::createUnstarted()
-    {
-        return Stopwatch();
-    }
-
-    Stopwatch Stopwatch::createStarted()
-    {
-        return Stopwatch().start();
-    }
-
-    bool Stopwatch::isRunning() const
-    {
-        return this->m_isRunning;
-    }
-
-    const Stopwatch& Stopwatch::start()
-    {
-        Checks::check_exit(!this->m_isRunning, "This stopwatch is already running.");
-        this->m_isRunning = true;
-        this->m_startTick = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    const Stopwatch& Stopwatch::stop()
-    {
-        auto tick = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
-        Checks::check_exit(this->m_isRunning, "This stopwatch is already stopped.");
-        this->m_isRunning = false;
-        this->m_elapsedNanos += tick - this->m_startTick;
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    Stopwatch& Stopwatch::reset()
-    {
-        this->m_elapsedNanos = std::chrono::nanoseconds();
-        this->m_isRunning = false;
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    std::string Stopwatch::toString() const
-    {
-        return format_time_userfriendly(this->elapsedNanos());
-    }
-
-    Stopwatch::Stopwatch() : m_isRunning(false), m_elapsedNanos(0), m_startTick() { }
-
-    std::chrono::nanoseconds Stopwatch::elapsedNanos() const
-    {
-        if (this->m_isRunning)
-        {
-            return std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - this->m_startTick + this->m_elapsedNanos;
-        }
-
-        return this->m_elapsedNanos;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/toolsrc/src/vcpkg_System.cpp b/toolsrc/src/vcpkg_System.cpp
index 9c849e8d8..679318768 100644
--- a/toolsrc/src/vcpkg_System.cpp
+++ b/toolsrc/src/vcpkg_System.cpp
@@ -96,23 +96,4 @@ namespace vcpkg::System
     {
         _wputenv_s(varname, varvalue);
     }
-
-    void Stopwatch2::start()
-    {
-        static_assert(sizeof(start_time) == sizeof(LARGE_INTEGER), "");
-
-        QueryPerformanceCounter(reinterpret_cast<LARGE_INTEGER*>(&start_time));
-    }
-
-    void Stopwatch2::stop()
-    {
-        QueryPerformanceCounter(reinterpret_cast<LARGE_INTEGER*>(&end_time));
-        QueryPerformanceFrequency(reinterpret_cast<LARGE_INTEGER*>(&freq));
-    }
-
-    double Stopwatch2::microseconds() const
-    {
-        return (reinterpret_cast<const LARGE_INTEGER*>(&end_time)->QuadPart -
-                reinterpret_cast<const LARGE_INTEGER*>(&start_time)->QuadPart) * 1000000.0 / reinterpret_cast<const LARGE_INTEGER*>(&freq)->QuadPart;
-    }
 }