diff --git a/lmod/files/start_jupyter.sh b/lmod/files/start_jupyter.sh
index 3fb949479d542bffc9e0ff629ca83c38d0260db0..040c2e22273c61e9fcc36afb9c3a1b127cd3ce5b 100644
--- a/lmod/files/start_jupyter.sh
+++ b/lmod/files/start_jupyter.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ cleanup () {
 
 start () {
   echo "$(date) - Start jupyterhub-singleuser ..."
-  timeout $JUPYTERHUB_TIMEOUT jupyterhub-singleuser 2>&1 | tee ${JUPYTER_LOG_DIR}/stdout
+  jupyterhub-singleuser 2>&1 | tee ${JUPYTER_LOG_DIR}/stdout
   echo "$(date) - Start jupyterhub-singleuser done" 
 }