diff --git a/openhands-cli/openhands_cli/gui_launcher.py b/openhands-cli/openhands_cli/gui_launcher.py
index 49cb5579c4..d2c149c9d5 100644
--- a/openhands-cli/openhands_cli/gui_launcher.py
+++ b/openhands-cli/openhands_cli/gui_launcher.py
@@ -113,21 +113,12 @@ def launch_gui_server(mount_cwd: bool = False, gpu: bool = False) -> None:
     pull_cmd = ['docker', 'pull', runtime_image]
     print_formatted_text(HTML(_format_docker_command_for_logging(pull_cmd)))
     try:
-        subprocess.run(
-            pull_cmd,
-            check=True,
-            timeout=300,  # 5 minutes timeout
-        )
+        subprocess.run(pull_cmd, check=True)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         print_formatted_text(
             HTML('<ansired>❌ Failed to pull runtime image.</ansired>')
         )
         sys.exit(1)
-    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
-        print_formatted_text(
-            HTML('<ansired>❌ Timeout while pulling runtime image.</ansired>')
-        )
-        sys.exit(1)
 
     print_formatted_text('')
     print_formatted_text(
diff --git a/openhands-cli/tests/test_gui_launcher.py b/openhands-cli/tests/test_gui_launcher.py
index ce8abadaa4..05d5c00c74 100644
--- a/openhands-cli/tests/test_gui_launcher.py
+++ b/openhands-cli/tests/test_gui_launcher.py
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ class TestLaunchGuiServer:
         [
             # Docker pull failure
             (subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, 'docker pull'), None, 1, False, False),
-            # Docker pull timeout
-            (subprocess.TimeoutExpired('docker pull', 300), None, 1, False, False),
             # Docker run failure
             (MagicMock(returncode=0), subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, 'docker run'), 1, False, False),
             # KeyboardInterrupt during run
diff --git a/openhands/cli/gui_launcher.py b/openhands/cli/gui_launcher.py
index fb3b6a6ff8..544f8987c7 100644
--- a/openhands/cli/gui_launcher.py
+++ b/openhands/cli/gui_launcher.py
@@ -103,21 +103,12 @@ def launch_gui_server(mount_cwd: bool = False, gpu: bool = False) -> None:
     pull_cmd = ['docker', 'pull', runtime_image]
     print_formatted_text(HTML(_format_docker_command_for_logging(pull_cmd)))
     try:
-        subprocess.run(
-            pull_cmd,
-            check=True,
-            timeout=300,  # 5 minutes timeout
-        )
+        subprocess.run(pull_cmd, check=True)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         print_formatted_text(
             HTML('<ansired>❌ Failed to pull runtime image.</ansired>')
         )
         sys.exit(1)
-    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
-        print_formatted_text(
-            HTML('<ansired>❌ Timeout while pulling runtime image.</ansired>')
-        )
-        sys.exit(1)
 
     print_formatted_text('')
     print_formatted_text(