diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6fc2a6d15..01a7f879f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ testpaths = [
 ]
 timeout = 300
 # Restore this setting to debug failures
-timeout_method = "thread"
+# timeout_method = "thread"
 
 [tool.jupyter-releaser]
 skip = ["check-links"]