diff --git a/third_party/upload.py b/third_party/upload.py
index 8be7029b0..f7a2bf5d9 100755
--- a/third_party/upload.py
+++ b/third_party/upload.py
@@ -402,14 +402,6 @@ class AbstractRpcServer(object):
           response = f.read()
           f.close()
           return response
-        except urllib2.URLError, e:
-          reason = e.reason
-          if isinstance(reason, str) and reason.find("110") != -1:
-            # Connection timeout error.
-            if tries <= 3:
-              # Try again.
-              continue
-          raise
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
           if tries > 3:
             raise