diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-fast-writing.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-fast-writing.js
index b8605ca00b..c91c660851 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-fast-writing.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-fast-writing.js
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ const server = tls.createServer(options, onconnection);
 let gotChunk = false;
 let gotDrain = false;
 
-setTimeout(function() {
-  console.log('not ok - timed out');
-  process.exit(1);
-}, common.platformTimeout(1000));
-
 function onconnection(conn) {
   conn.on('data', function(c) {
     if (!gotChunk) {