diff --git a/workflow/controller/operator.go b/workflow/controller/operator.go
index 86870ec2a82b..5f8241292c39 100644
--- a/workflow/controller/operator.go
+++ b/workflow/controller/operator.go
@@ -1046,9 +1046,6 @@ func (woc *wfOperationCtx) processNodeRetries(node *wfv1.NodeStatus, retryStrate
 			return woc.markNodePhase(node.Name, node.Phase, retryMessage), false, nil
 		}
 
-		woc.log.WithField("node", node.Name).Infof("node has maxDuration set, setting executionDeadline to: %s", humanize.Timestamp(maxDurationDeadline))
-		opts.executionDeadline = maxDurationDeadline
-
 		node = woc.markNodePhase(node.Name, node.Phase, "")
 	}