diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/sage/sage-tests.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/sage/sage-tests.nix
index 93ec1e33cf6..451edb8f085 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/sage/sage-tests.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/sage/sage-tests.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     export GLIBC_TUNABLES=glibc.malloc.arena_max=4
 
     echo "Running sage tests with arguments ${timeSpecifier} ${patienceSpecifier} ${testArgs}"
-    "sage" -t --nthreads "$NIX_BUILD_CORES" --optional=sage ${timeSpecifier} ${patienceSpecifier} ${testArgs}
+    "sage" -t --timeout=0 --nthreads "$NIX_BUILD_CORES" --optional=sage ${timeSpecifier} ${patienceSpecifier} ${testArgs}
   '';
 }