diff --git a/src/helper/command.c b/src/helper/command.c
index 6898e2d7c..ca66cf7dd 100644
--- a/src/helper/command.c
+++ b/src/helper/command.c
@@ -936,19 +936,7 @@ static int jim_command_dispatch(Jim_Interp *interp, int argc, Jim_Obj * const *a
 	if (!command_can_run(cmd_ctx, c, Jim_GetString(argv[0], NULL)))
 		return JIM_ERR;
 
-	/*
-	 * TODO: to be removed after v0.12.0
-	 * workaround for https://sourceforge.net/p/openocd/tickets/362/
-	 * After syntax change of "expr" in jimtcl 0.81
-	 * the replacement of jimtcl "expr" with openocd version in
-	 * https://review.openocd.org/6510/
-	 * introduces too many target polling during math expressions with
-	 * "expr" commands.
-	 * After v0.12.0 replace the following two lines with
-	 * target_call_timer_callbacks();
-	 */
-	if (strcmp(c->name, "expr"))
-		target_call_timer_callbacks_now();
+	target_call_timer_callbacks();
 
 	/*
 	 * Black magic of overridden current target:
diff --git a/src/openocd.c b/src/openocd.c
index bef084f98..875da5a62 100644
--- a/src/openocd.c
+++ b/src/openocd.c
@@ -230,65 +230,6 @@ static int openocd_register_commands(struct command_context *cmd_ctx)
 	return register_commands(cmd_ctx, NULL, openocd_command_handlers);
 }
 
-/*
- * TODO: to be removed after v0.12.0
- * workaround for syntax change of "expr" in jimtcl 0.81
- * replace "expr" with openocd version that prints the deprecated msg
- */
-struct jim_scriptobj {
-	void *token;
-	Jim_Obj *filename_obj;
-	int len;
-	int subst_flags;
-	int in_use;
-	int firstline;
-	int linenr;
-	int missing;
-};
-
-static int jim_expr_command(Jim_Interp *interp, int argc, Jim_Obj * const *argv)
-{
-	if (argc == 2)
-		return Jim_EvalExpression(interp, argv[1]);
-
-	if (argc > 2) {
-		Jim_Obj *obj = Jim_ConcatObj(interp, argc - 1, argv + 1);
-		Jim_IncrRefCount(obj);
-		const char *s = Jim_String(obj);
-		struct jim_scriptobj *script = Jim_GetIntRepPtr(interp->currentScriptObj);
-		if (interp->currentScriptObj == interp->emptyObj ||
-				strcmp(interp->currentScriptObj->typePtr->name, "script") ||
-				script->subst_flags ||
-				script->filename_obj == interp->emptyObj)
-			LOG_WARNING("DEPRECATED! use 'expr { %s }' not 'expr %s'", s, s);
-		else
-			LOG_WARNING("DEPRECATED! (%s:%d) use 'expr { %s }' not 'expr %s'",
-						Jim_String(script->filename_obj), script->linenr, s, s);
-		int retcode = Jim_EvalExpression(interp, obj);
-		Jim_DecrRefCount(interp, obj);
-		return retcode;
-	}
-
-	Jim_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, argv, "expression ?...?");
-	return JIM_ERR;
-}
-
-static const struct command_registration expr_handler[] = {
-	{
-		.name = "expr",
-		.jim_handler = jim_expr_command,
-		.mode = COMMAND_ANY,
-		.help = "",
-		.usage = "",
-	},
-	COMMAND_REGISTRATION_DONE
-};
-
-static int workaround_for_jimtcl_expr(struct command_context *cmd_ctx)
-{
-	return register_commands(cmd_ctx, NULL, expr_handler);
-}
-
 struct command_context *global_cmd_ctx;
 
 static struct command_context *setup_command_handler(Jim_Interp *interp)
@@ -301,7 +242,6 @@ static struct command_context *setup_command_handler(Jim_Interp *interp)
 	/* register subsystem commands */
 	typedef int (*command_registrant_t)(struct command_context *cmd_ctx_value);
 	static const command_registrant_t command_registrants[] = {
-		&workaround_for_jimtcl_expr,
 		&openocd_register_commands,
 		&server_register_commands,
 		&gdb_register_commands,