diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index d25f4062c8378..ef27637022b93 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -899,15 +899,6 @@ func (api *API) traceTx(ctx context.Context, message core.Message, txctx *Contex
 			defer cancel()
 		}
 	}
-	deadlineCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
-	go func() {
-		<-deadlineCtx.Done()
-		if errors.Is(deadlineCtx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
-			tracer.Stop(errors.New("execution timeout"))
-		}
-	}()
-	defer cancel()
-
 	// Run the transaction with tracing enabled.
 	vmenv := vm.NewEVM(vmctx, txContext, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{Debug: true, Tracer: tracer, NoBaseFee: true})
 	// Call Prepare to clear out the statedb access list