diff --git a/tests/unit/rules/python/stdlib/imaplib/examples/imaplib_imap4_timeout_global.py b/tests/unit/rules/python/stdlib/imaplib/examples/imaplib_imap4_timeout_global.py
index 3d621aaa..773caceb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/rules/python/stdlib/imaplib/examples/imaplib_imap4_timeout_global.py
+++ b/tests/unit/rules/python/stdlib/imaplib/examples/imaplib_imap4_timeout_global.py
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 
 
 socket.setdefaulttimeout(5.0)
-imap = imaplib.IMAP4("imap.example.com", timeout=5)
+imap = imaplib.IMAP4("imap.example.com")
 imap.starttls(ssl.create_default_context())