diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/pthread/thread.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/pthread/thread.cc
index d22f922d7..4a8bf5fb0 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/pthread/thread.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/pthread/thread.cc
@@ -455,12 +455,6 @@ extern "C" {
 			if (abstime_ms > currtime_ms)
 				timeout = abstime_ms - currtime_ms;
 			try {
-				/*
-				 * The timed semaphore supports a timeout minimum of 10 ms and
-				 * logs a warning if the timeout is lower than the minimum. To
-				 * prevent the warning, limit timeouts to >= 10 ms here.
-				 */
-				if (timeout != 0) timeout = max(timeout, 10U);
 				c->signal_sem.down(timeout);
 			} catch (Timeout_exception) {
 				result = ETIMEDOUT;