diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
index 129e6988..178cb5cd 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ timer_cb (gpointer data)
   if (fetcher->timer_event == orig_src)
     fetcher->timer_event = NULL;
 
-  return FALSE;
+  return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
 }
 
 /* Update the event timer after curl_multi library calls */