diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
index a48b429ca3..ea6117f9a7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from test.support import warnings_helper
 from test.support.socket_helper import HOST, HOSTv6
 
-TIMEOUT = support.LOOPBACK_TIMEOUT
+TIMEOUT = 1e-9
 DEFAULT_ENCODING = 'utf-8'
 # the dummy data returned by server over the data channel when
 # RETR, LIST, NLST, MLSD commands are issued