diff --git a/lib_run_single.py b/lib_run_single.py
index c284f7a..46d6dc0 100644
--- a/lib_run_single.py
+++ b/lib_run_single.py
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@ from wrapt_timeout_decorator import *
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("desktopenv.experiment")
 
-# Open the JSON file
-with open("./settings.json", "r") as file:
-    # Load the JSON data from the file
-    data = json.load(file)
-time_limit = data["time_limit"]
-
-
-@timeout(time_limit, use_signals=False)
 def run_single_example(agent, env, example, max_steps, instruction, args, example_result_dir, scores):
     agent.reset()
     obs = env.reset(task_config=example)
diff --git a/settings.json b/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 67988f9..0000000
--- a/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "time_limit": "3600"
-}
\ No newline at end of file