diff --git a/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/supervisor.go b/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/supervisor.go
index be0846413461a9..258fee5c3b7c1e 100644
--- a/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/supervisor.go
+++ b/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/supervisor.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -337,10 +336,9 @@ func Run(options ...RunOption) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	terminalNoDeadlineExceeded := watchTerminalNoDeadlineExceeded(ctx, exps, host)
 	willShutdownCtx, fireWillShutdown := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	termMux := terminal.NewMux()
-	termMuxSrv := terminal.NewMuxTerminalService(termMux, terminalNoDeadlineExceeded)
+	termMuxSrv := terminal.NewMuxTerminalService(termMux)
 	termMuxSrv.DefaultWorkdir = cfg.RepoRoot
 	if cfg.WorkspaceRoot != "" {
 		termMuxSrv.DefaultWorkdirProvider = func() string {
@@ -584,36 +582,6 @@ func getIDENotReadyShutdownDuration(ctx context.Context, exps experiments.Client
 	}
 }
 
-func watchTerminalNoDeadlineExceeded(ctx context.Context, exps experiments.Client, gitpodHost string) *atomic.Bool {
-	newBool := func(v bool) *atomic.Bool {
-		r := atomic.Bool{}
-		r.Store(v)
-		return &r
-	}
-	if exps == nil {
-		return newBool(false)
-	}
-
-	value := exps.GetBoolValue(ctx, "supervisor_terminal_no_deadline_exceeded", false, experiments.Attributes{GitpodHost: gitpodHost})
-	result := newBool(value)
-
-	go (func() {
-		t := time.NewTicker(30 * time.Second)
-
-		for {
-			select {
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				return
-			case <-t.C:
-				value := exps.GetBoolValue(ctx, "supervisor_terminal_no_deadline_exceeded", false, experiments.Attributes{GitpodHost: gitpodHost})
-				result.Store(value)
-			}
-		}
-	})()
-
-	return result
-}
-
 func isShallowRepository(rootDir string) bool {
 	cmd := runAsGitpodUser(exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--is-shallow-repository"))
 	cmd.Dir = rootDir
diff --git a/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/tasks_test.go b/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/tasks_test.go
index 3faf796033113e..25cb85ffa7fc94 100644
--- a/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/tasks_test.go
+++ b/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/tasks_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -22,12 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/supervisor/pkg/terminal"
 )
 
-func newBool(b bool) *atomic.Bool {
-	result := atomic.Bool{}
-	result.Store(b)
-	return &result
-}
-
 var (
 	skipCommand = "echo \"skip\""
 	failCommand = "exit 1"
@@ -223,7 +216,7 @@ func TestTaskManager(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			var (
-				terminalService = terminal.NewMuxTerminalService(terminal.NewMux(), newBool(true))
+				terminalService = terminal.NewMuxTerminalService(terminal.NewMux())
 				contentState    = NewInMemoryContentState("")
 				reporter        = testHeadlessTaskProgressReporter{}
 				taskManager     = newTasksManager(&Config{
diff --git a/components/supervisor/pkg/terminal/service.go b/components/supervisor/pkg/terminal/service.go
index d932986b3ed5e7..3ed3425f71fc69 100644
--- a/components/supervisor/pkg/terminal/service.go
+++ b/components/supervisor/pkg/terminal/service.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // NewMuxTerminalService creates a new terminal service.
-func NewMuxTerminalService(m *Mux, terminalNoDeadlineExceeded *atomic.Bool) *MuxTerminalService {
+func NewMuxTerminalService(m *Mux) *MuxTerminalService {
 	shell := os.Getenv("SHELL")
 	if shell == "" {
 		shell = "/bin/bash"
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ func NewMuxTerminalService(m *Mux, terminalNoDeadlineExceeded *atomic.Bool) *Mux
 		DefaultWorkdir: "/workspace",
 		DefaultShell:   shell,
 		Env:            os.Environ(),
-
-		terminalNoDeadlineExceeded: terminalNoDeadlineExceeded,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -56,8 +53,6 @@ type MuxTerminalService struct {
 	DefaultCreds       *syscall.Credential
 	DefaultAmbientCaps []uintptr
 
-	terminalNoDeadlineExceeded *atomic.Bool
-
 	api.UnimplementedTerminalServiceServer
 }
 
@@ -291,10 +286,7 @@ func (srv *MuxTerminalService) Listen(req *api.ListenTerminalRequest, resp api.T
 			err = resp.Send(message)
 		case err = <-errchan:
 		case <-resp.Context().Done():
-			if srv.terminalNoDeadlineExceeded.Load() {
-				return nil
-			}
-			return status.Error(codes.DeadlineExceeded, resp.Context().Err().Error())
+			return nil
 		}
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			// EOF isn't really an error here
diff --git a/components/supervisor/pkg/terminal/terminal_test.go b/components/supervisor/pkg/terminal/terminal_test.go
index fbbb696a179e1b..3190768c6c82c7 100644
--- a/components/supervisor/pkg/terminal/terminal_test.go
+++ b/components/supervisor/pkg/terminal/terminal_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -22,12 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/supervisor/api"
 )
 
-func newBool(b bool) *atomic.Bool {
-	result := atomic.Bool{}
-	result.Store(b)
-	return &result
-}
-
 func TestTitle(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Skip("skipping flakey tests")
 
@@ -66,7 +59,7 @@ func TestTitle(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			defer os.RemoveAll(tmpWorkdir)
 
-			terminalService := NewMuxTerminalService(mux, newBool(true))
+			terminalService := NewMuxTerminalService(mux)
 			terminalService.DefaultWorkdir = tmpWorkdir
 
 			term, err := terminalService.OpenWithOptions(ctx, &api.OpenTerminalRequest{}, TermOptions{
@@ -204,7 +197,7 @@ func TestAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 			mux := NewMux()
 			defer mux.Close(ctx)
 
-			terminalService := NewMuxTerminalService(mux, newBool(true))
+			terminalService := NewMuxTerminalService(mux)
 			var err error
 			if test.Opts == nil {
 				_, err = terminalService.Open(ctx, test.Req)
@@ -255,7 +248,7 @@ func TestTerminals(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.Desc, func(t *testing.T) {
-			terminalService := NewMuxTerminalService(NewMux(), newBool(true))
+			terminalService := NewMuxTerminalService(NewMux())
 			resp, err := terminalService.Open(context.Background(), &api.OpenTerminalRequest{})
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
@@ -336,7 +329,7 @@ func TestWorkDirProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	mux := NewMux()
 	defer mux.Close(ctx)
 
-	terminalService := NewMuxTerminalService(mux, newBool(true))
+	terminalService := NewMuxTerminalService(mux)
 
 	type AssertWorkDirTest struct {
 		expectedWorkDir string