diff --git a/product/ERP5/Tool/ContributionTool.py b/product/ERP5/Tool/ContributionTool.py
index 107f46eb8c46a3f4461ff82c5b06a329afc6eca6..a591ef1337b641851fe3d5952e0cb00bc2acce00 100644
--- a/product/ERP5/Tool/ContributionTool.py
+++ b/product/ERP5/Tool/ContributionTool.py
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ import ContributionOpener
 opener = urllib2.build_opener(ContributionOpener.DirectoryFileHandler)
 urllib2.install_opener(opener)
 
-# A temporary hack until urllib2 supports timeout setting - XXX
-import socket
-socket.setdefaulttimeout(600) # 1 minute timeout
-
 # Global parameters
 TEMP_NEW_OBJECT_KEY = '_v_new_object'
 MAX_REPEAT = 10