diff --git a/gdbus/mainloop.c b/gdbus/mainloop.c
index 8eef240b..8718da0f 100644
--- a/gdbus/mainloop.c
+++ b/gdbus/mainloop.c
@@ -230,9 +230,6 @@ static dbus_bool_t add_timeout(DBusTimeout *timeout, void *data)
 
 static void remove_timeout(DBusTimeout *timeout, void *data)
 {
-	if (dbus_timeout_get_enabled(timeout))
-		return;
-
 	/* will trigger timeout_handler_free() */
 	dbus_timeout_set_data(timeout, NULL, NULL);
 }