diff --git a/services/filemanager/gcsmanager.go b/services/filemanager/gcsmanager.go
index 53f68ca071..acc31887df 100644
--- a/services/filemanager/gcsmanager.go
+++ b/services/filemanager/gcsmanager.go
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ func (manager *GCSManager) ListFilesWithPrefix(ctx context.Context, startAfter,
 		return
 	}
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, manager.getTimeout())
-	defer cancel()
-
 	// Create GCS Bucket handle
 	if manager.Config.Iterator == nil {
 		manager.Config.Iterator = client.Bucket(manager.Config.Bucket).Objects(ctx, &storage.Query{