diff --git a/src/lib66/ssexec_dbctl.c b/src/lib66/ssexec_dbctl.c
index 53ff6d5e652ab7428312271d188cd713d707b60b..f39fcdf8036511c03da8830fd40807fe7f9495b5 100644
--- a/src/lib66/ssexec_dbctl.c
+++ b/src/lib66/ssexec_dbctl.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-static unsigned int DEADLINE = 3000 ;
+static unsigned int DEADLINE = 0 ;
 
 static pid_t send(genalloc *gasv, char const *livetree, char const *signal,char const *const *envp)
 {