diff --git a/pwnlib/gdb.py b/pwnlib/gdb.py
index 1315408d0..690e360a4 100644
--- a/pwnlib/gdb.py
+++ b/pwnlib/gdb.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def debug_assembly(asm, gdbscript=None, vma=None, api=False):
 
     >>> assembly = shellcraft.echo("Hello world!\n")
     >>> io = gdb.debug_assembly(assembly)
-    >>> io.recvline(timeout=1)
+    >>> io.recvline()
     b'Hello world!\n'
     """
     tmp_elf = make_elf_from_assembly(asm, vma=vma, extract=False)
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def debug_shellcode(data, gdbscript=None, vma=None, api=False):
     >>> assembly = shellcraft.echo("Hello world!\n")
     >>> shellcode = asm(assembly)
     >>> io = gdb.debug_shellcode(shellcode)
-    >>> io.recvline(timeout=1)
+    >>> io.recvline()
     b'Hello world!\n'
     """
     if isinstance(data, six.text_type):
@@ -490,12 +490,12 @@ def debug(args, gdbscript=None, gdb_args=None, exe=None, ssh=None, env=None, por
         Send a command to Bash
 
         >>> io.sendline(b"echo hello")
-        >>> io.recvline(timeout=30)
+        >>> io.recvline()
         b'hello\n'
 
         Interact with the process
 
-        >>> io.interactive(timeout=1) # doctest: +SKIP
+        >>> io.interactive() # doctest: +SKIP
         >>> io.close()
 
         Create a new process, and stop it at '_start'
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ def debug(args, gdbscript=None, gdb_args=None, exe=None, ssh=None, env=None, por
         Send a command to Bash
 
         >>> io.sendline(b"echo hello")
-        >>> io.recvline(timeout=10)
+        >>> io.recvline()
         b'hello\n'
 
         Interact with the process
@@ -526,19 +526,19 @@ def debug(args, gdbscript=None, gdb_args=None, exe=None, ssh=None, env=None, por
 
         >>> io = gdb.debug(args=[b'\xde\xad\xbe\xef'], gdbscript='continue', exe="/bin/sh")
         >>> io.sendline(b"echo $0")
-        >>> io.recvline(timeout=10)
+        >>> io.recvline()
         b'\xde\xad\xbe\xef\n'
         >>> io.close()
 
         Demonstrate that LD_PRELOAD is respected
 
         >>> io = process(["grep", "libc.so.6", "/proc/self/maps"])
-        >>> real_libc_path = io.recvline(timeout=1).split()[-1]
+        >>> real_libc_path = io.recvline().split()[-1]
         >>> io.close()
         >>> import shutil
         >>> local_path = shutil.copy(real_libc_path, "./local-libc.so") # make a copy of libc to demonstrate that it is loaded
         >>> io = gdb.debug(["grep", "local-libc.so", "/proc/self/maps"], gdbscript="continue", env={"LD_PRELOAD": "./local-libc.so"})
-        >>> io.recvline(timeout=1).split()[-1] # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+        >>> io.recvline().split()[-1] # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
         b'.../local-libc.so'
         >>> io.close()
         >>> os.remove("./local-libc.so") # cleanup
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ def debug(args, gdbscript=None, gdb_args=None, exe=None, ssh=None, env=None, por
 
         >>> io = gdb.debug(args=[b'\xde\xad\xbe\xef'], gdbscript='continue', exe="/bin/sh", ssh=shell)
         >>> io.sendline(b"echo $0")
-        >>> io.recvline(timeout=10)
+        >>> io.recvline()
         b'$ \xde\xad\xbe\xef\n'
         >>> io.close()
 
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ def debug(args, gdbscript=None, gdb_args=None, exe=None, ssh=None, env=None, por
 
         >>> io = gdb.debug(args=[], gdbscript='continue', exe="/bin/sh", ssh=shell)
         >>> io.sendline(b"echo $0")
-        >>> io.recvline(timeout=10)
+        >>> io.recvline()
         b'$ \n'
         >>> io.close()
 
@@ -620,12 +620,12 @@ def debug(args, gdbscript=None, gdb_args=None, exe=None, ssh=None, env=None, por
         Resume the program
 
         >>> io.gdb.continue_nowait()
-        >>> io.recvline(timeout=1)
+        >>> io.recvline()
         b'foo\n'
         >>> io.close()
 
         >>> ssh_io.gdb.continue_nowait()
-        >>> ssh_io.recvline(timeout=1)
+        >>> ssh_io.recvline()
         b'foo\n'
         >>> ssh_io.close()
         >>> shell.close()
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ def attach(target, gdbscript = '', exe = None, gdb_args = None, ssh = None, sysr
         ... detach
         ... quit
         ... ''')
-        >>> io.recvline(timeout=10)
+        >>> io.recvline()
         b'Hello from process debugger!\n'
         >>> io.sendline(b'echo Hello from bash && exit')
         >>> io.recvall()
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ def attach(target, gdbscript = '', exe = None, gdb_args = None, ssh = None, sysr
 
             Observe the forced line
 
-            >>> io.recvline(timeout=1)
+            >>> io.recvline()
             b'Hello from process debugger!\n'
 
             Interact with the program in a regular way
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ def attach(target, gdbscript = '', exe = None, gdb_args = None, ssh = None, sysr
         ... detach
         ... quit
         ... ''')
-        >>> io.recvline(timeout=10)
+        >>> io.recvline()
         b'Hello from remote debugger!\n'
         >>> io.sendline(b'echo Hello from bash && exit')
         >>> io.recvall()
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ def attach(target, gdbscript = '', exe = None, gdb_args = None, ssh = None, sysr
         >>> io.recvline(timeout=5)  # doctest: +SKIP
         b'Hello from ssh debugger!\n'
         >>> io.sendline(b'This will be echoed back')
-        >>> io.recvline(timeout=1)
+        >>> io.recvline()
         b'This will be echoed back\n'
         >>> io.close()
     """