diff --git a/test/strings/test_strings.sh b/test/strings/test_strings.sh
index 77070e961bb19d94f331cb2ae636a8a4f02759ce..9f65f714a98033e7ac27a16e07530d4e70236339 100755
--- a/test/strings/test_strings.sh
+++ b/test/strings/test_strings.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 export AFL_TIMEOUT=15
-export AFL_TIMEOUT=15000
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SECURITY_TRANSFORMS_HOME/lib/:. 
 
 session=/tmp/tmp.$(whoami).zafl.strings.$$