diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 3f0e6d3f9..4cf9ff50f 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ log_file = pytest.log
 log_file_level = DEBUG
 log_file_format = %(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s
 log_file_date_format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
-timeout = 60
 filterwarnings =
     # These namespaces are declared in a way not conformant with PEP420. Not much we can do about that here, we should keep an eye on when this is fixed in our dependencies though.
     ignore:Deprecated call to `pkg_resources.declare_namespace\('(xstatic|xstatic\.pkg|mpl_toolkits|mpl_toolkits\.basemap_data|sphinxcontrib|zope|fs|fs\.opener)'\)`\.:DeprecationWarning
diff --git a/requirements.d/development.txt b/requirements.d/development.txt
index fd3c44abc..232063ce6 100644
--- a/requirements.d/development.txt
+++ b/requirements.d/development.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ pytest
 pytest-qt
 pytest-xdist
 pytest-cov
-pytest-timeout
 sphinx
 sphinx_rtd_theme
 sphinxcontrib-video