diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
index 27843714..c2a3c46e 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('SerializeAddon', () => {
   before(async function (): Promise<any> {
-    this.timeout(8 * 1000);
     browser = await puppeteer.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`]