diff --git a/lib/queuel/base/poller.rb b/lib/queuel/base/poller.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/queuel/base/poller.rb
+++ b/lib/queuel/base/poller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'timeout'
 require 'thread/pool'
 module Queuel
   module Base
@@ -109,14 +108,6 @@ module Queuel
         self.continue_looping = false
       end
 
-      def timeout
-        options[:poll_timeout].to_i
-      end
-
-      def timeout?
-        timeout > 0
-      end
-
       def pop_new_message
         queue.pop built_options
       end
timeout not relevant for at the moment