diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index c9a68f762f..0dd0a8abd8 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ func doLint(cmdline []string) {
 		"--enable=gofmt",
 		"--enable=misspell",
 		"--enable=goconst",
-		"--deadline=5m",
 		"--min-occurrences=6", // for goconst
 	}
 	build.MustRunCommand(filepath.Join(GOBIN, "gometalinter.v2"), append(configs, packages...)...)