diff --git a/wpilibc/src/main/native/cpp/system/Watchdog.cpp b/wpilibc/src/main/native/cpp/system/Watchdog.cpp
index 97ac70901f..01492fec3a 100644
--- a/wpilibc/src/main/native/cpp/system/Watchdog.cpp
+++ b/wpilibc/src/main/native/cpp/system/Watchdog.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Watchdog::Impl {
                             DerefGreater<Watchdog*>>
       m_watchdogs;
 
-  void UpdateAlarm(bool acknowledge = false);
+  void UpdateAlarm();
 
  private:
   void Main();
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Watchdog::Impl::~Impl() {
   }
 }
 
-void Watchdog::Impl::UpdateAlarm(bool acknowledge) {
+void Watchdog::Impl::UpdateAlarm() {
   int32_t status = 0;
   // Return if we are being destructed, or were not created successfully
   auto notifier = m_notifier.load();
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ void Watchdog::Impl::UpdateAlarm(bool acknowledge) {
     return;
   }
   if (m_watchdogs.empty()) {
-    HAL_CancelNotifierAlarm(notifier, acknowledge, &status);
+    HAL_CancelNotifierAlarm(notifier, true, &status);
   } else {
     HAL_SetNotifierAlarm(notifier,
                          static_cast<uint64_t>(
                              m_watchdogs.top()->m_expirationTime.value() * 1e6),
-                         0, true, acknowledge, &status);
+                         0, true, true, &status);
   }
   WPILIB_CheckErrorStatus(status, "updating watchdog notifier alarm");
 }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void Watchdog::Impl::Main() {
     watchdog->m_callback();
     lock.lock();
 
-    UpdateAlarm(true);
+    UpdateAlarm();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/wpilibj/src/main/java/org/wpilib/system/Watchdog.java b/wpilibj/src/main/java/org/wpilib/system/Watchdog.java
index 5fc31d853c..7e4bf9eb21 100644
--- a/wpilibj/src/main/java/org/wpilib/system/Watchdog.java
+++ b/wpilibj/src/main/java/org/wpilib/system/Watchdog.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class Watchdog implements Closeable, Comparable<Watchdog> {
       m_watchdogs.remove(this);
       m_expirationTime = m_startTime + m_timeout;
       m_watchdogs.add(this);
-      updateAlarm(false);
+      updateAlarm();
     } finally {
       m_queueMutex.unlock();
     }
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class Watchdog implements Closeable, Comparable<Watchdog> {
       m_watchdogs.remove(this);
       m_expirationTime = m_startTime + m_timeout;
       m_watchdogs.add(this);
-      updateAlarm(false);
+      updateAlarm();
     } finally {
       m_queueMutex.unlock();
     }
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public class Watchdog implements Closeable, Comparable<Watchdog> {
     m_queueMutex.lock();
     try {
       m_watchdogs.remove(this);
-      updateAlarm(false);
+      updateAlarm();
     } finally {
       m_queueMutex.unlock();
     }
@@ -223,12 +223,12 @@ public class Watchdog implements Closeable, Comparable<Watchdog> {
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("resource")
-  private static void updateAlarm(boolean acknowledge) {
+  private static void updateAlarm() {
     if (m_watchdogs.isEmpty()) {
-      NotifierJNI.cancelNotifierAlarm(m_notifier, acknowledge);
+      NotifierJNI.cancelNotifierAlarm(m_notifier, true);
     } else {
       NotifierJNI.setNotifierAlarm(
-          m_notifier, (long) (m_watchdogs.peek().m_expirationTime * 1e6), 0, true, acknowledge);
+          m_notifier, (long) (m_watchdogs.peek().m_expirationTime * 1e6), 0, true, true);
     }
   }
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public class Watchdog implements Closeable, Comparable<Watchdog> {
         watchdog.m_callback.run();
         m_queueMutex.lock();
 
-        updateAlarm(true);
+        updateAlarm();
       } finally {
         m_queueMutex.unlock();
       }