diff --git a/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/lsp/AmazonQLspService.kt b/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/lsp/AmazonQLspService.kt
index 7de94a494f7..6356822d628 100644
--- a/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/lsp/AmazonQLspService.kt
+++ b/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/lsp/AmazonQLspService.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import com.intellij.util.animation.consumer
 import com.intellij.util.io.await
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Deferred
-import kotlinx.coroutines.TimeoutCancellationException
 import kotlinx.coroutines.async
 import kotlinx.coroutines.future.asCompletableFuture
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
@@ -334,12 +333,7 @@ private class AmazonQServerInstance(private val project: Project, private val cs
             encryptionManager.writeInitializationPayload(launcherHandler.process.outputStream)
 
             val initializeResult = try {
-                withTimeout(5.seconds) {
-                    languageServer.initialize(createInitializeParams()).await()
-                }
-            } catch (_: TimeoutCancellationException) {
-                LOG.warn { "LSP initialization timed out" }
-                null
+                languageServer.initialize(createInitializeParams()).await()
             } catch (e: Exception) {
                 LOG.warn(e) { "LSP initialization failed" }
                 null