diff --git a/test/source/test.ts b/test/source/test.ts
index 288e714adc9..455d3b8167b 100644
--- a/test/source/test.ts
+++ b/test/source/test.ts
@@ -36,17 +36,14 @@ const consts = {
   // higher concurrency can cause 429 google errs when composing
   TIMEOUT_SHORT: minutes(1),
   TIMEOUT_EACH_RETRY: minutes(4),
-  TIMEOUT_ALL_RETRIES: minutes(55), // this has to suffer waiting for semaphore between retries, thus almost the same as below
-  TIMEOUT_OVERALL: minutes(60),
+  TIMEOUT_ALL_RETRIES: minutes(55),
   ATTEMPTS: testGroup === 'STANDARD-GROUP' ? oneIfNotPooled(3) : process.argv.includes('--retry=false') ? 1 : 3,
   POOL_SIZE: oneIfNotPooled(isMock ? 20 : 3),
-  PROMISE_TIMEOUT_OVERALL: undefined as unknown as Promise<never>, // will be set right below
   IS_LOCAL_DEBUG: process.argv.includes('--debug') ? true : false, // run locally by developer, not in ci
 };
 
 /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 console.info('consts: ', JSON.stringify(consts), '\n');
-consts.PROMISE_TIMEOUT_OVERALL = new Promise((resolve, reject) => setTimeout(() => reject(new Error(`TIMEOUT_OVERALL`)), consts.TIMEOUT_OVERALL));
 
 export type Consts = typeof consts;
 export type CommonAcct = 'compatibility' | 'compose' | 'ci.tests.gmail';
diff --git a/test/source/tests/tooling/index.ts b/test/source/tests/tooling/index.ts
index bc45e24430f..a78c8649754 100644
--- a/test/source/tests/tooling/index.ts
+++ b/test/source/tests/tooling/index.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ export const newWithTimeoutsFunc = (consts: Consts): (<T>(actionPromise: Promise
     Promise.race([
       actionPromise, // the actual action being performed
       timeoutAllRetries, // timeout for all test retries
-      consts.PROMISE_TIMEOUT_OVERALL, // overall timeout for the whole test process / sequence
     ]);
 };