diff --git a/Lib/threading.py b/Lib/threading.py
index 67d23f5a9df13e..ab4e863c141ffd 100644
--- a/Lib/threading.py
+++ b/Lib/threading.py
@@ -411,10 +411,7 @@ def notify(self, n=1, timeout=None):
         while waiters and n > 0:
             waiter = waiters[0]
             try:
-                if timeout:
-                    waiter.release(timeout)
-                else:
-                    waiter.release()
+                waiter.release()
             except RuntimeError:
                 # gh-92530: The previous call of notify() released the lock,
                 # but was interrupted before removing it from the queue.