diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
index 4a746edc..29d10f92 100644
--- a/lib/git.js
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 const execa = require('execa');
 const debug = require('debug')('semantic-release:git');
-const envCi = require('env-ci');
-
-const timeout = envCi().isCi ? 10000 : 0;
 
 /**
  * Get the commit sha for a given tag.
@@ -13,7 +10,7 @@ const timeout = envCi().isCi ? 10000 : 0;
  */
 async function gitTagHead(tagName) {
   try {
-    return await execa.stdout('git', ['rev-list', '-1', tagName], {timeout});
+    return await execa.stdout('git', ['rev-list', '-1', tagName]);
   } catch (err) {
     debug(err);
   }
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ async function gitTagHead(tagName) {
  * @throws {Error} If the `git` command fails.
  */
 async function gitTags() {
-  return (await execa.stdout('git', ['tag'], {timeout}))
+  return (await execa.stdout('git', ['tag']))
     .split('\n')
     .map(tag => tag.trim())
     .filter(tag => Boolean(tag));
@@ -39,7 +36,7 @@ async function gitTags() {
  */
 async function isRefInHistory(ref) {
   try {
-    return (await execa('git', ['merge-base', '--is-ancestor', ref, 'HEAD'], {timeout})).code === 0;
+    return (await execa('git', ['merge-base', '--is-ancestor', ref, 'HEAD'])).code === 0;
   } catch (err) {
     debug(err);
   }
@@ -49,14 +46,14 @@ async function isRefInHistory(ref) {
  * Unshallow the git repository (retriving every commits and tags).
  */
 async function unshallow() {
-  await execa('git', ['fetch', '--unshallow', '--tags'], {reject: false, timeout});
+  await execa('git', ['fetch', '--unshallow', '--tags'], {reject: false});
 }
 
 /**
  * @return {string} the sha of the HEAD commit.
  */
 async function gitHead() {
-  return execa.stdout('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], {timeout});
+  return execa.stdout('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD']);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ async function gitHead() {
  */
 async function repoUrl() {
   try {
-    return await execa.stdout('git', ['remote', 'get-url', 'origin'], {timeout});
+    return await execa.stdout('git', ['remote', 'get-url', 'origin']);
   } catch (err) {
     debug(err);
   }
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ async function repoUrl() {
  */
 async function isGitRepo() {
   try {
-    return (await execa('git', ['rev-parse', '--git-dir'], {timeout})).code === 0;
+    return (await execa('git', ['rev-parse', '--git-dir'])).code === 0;
   } catch (err) {
     debug(err);
   }
@@ -91,7 +88,7 @@ async function isGitRepo() {
  */
 async function verifyAuth(origin, branch) {
   try {
-    return (await execa('git', ['push', '--dry-run', origin, `HEAD:${branch}`], {timeout})).code === 0;
+    return (await execa('git', ['push', '--dry-run', origin, `HEAD:${branch}`])).code === 0;
   } catch (err) {
     debug(err);
   }
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ async function verifyAuth(origin, branch) {
  * @throws {Error} if the tag creation failed.
  */
 async function tag(tagName) {
-  await execa('git', ['tag', tagName], {timeout});
+  await execa('git', ['tag', tagName]);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -115,7 +112,7 @@ async function tag(tagName) {
  * @throws {Error} if the push failed.
  */
 async function push(origin, branch) {
-  await execa('git', ['push', '--tags', origin, `HEAD:${branch}`], {timeout});
+  await execa('git', ['push', '--tags', origin, `HEAD:${branch}`]);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -126,7 +123,7 @@ async function push(origin, branch) {
  */
 async function verifyTagName(tagName) {
   try {
-    return (await execa('git', ['check-ref-format', `refs/tags/${tagName}`], {timeout})).code === 0;
+    return (await execa('git', ['check-ref-format', `refs/tags/${tagName}`])).code === 0;
   } catch (err) {
     debug(err);
   }