diff --git a/Sources/WireGuardKit/WireGuardAdapter.swift b/Sources/WireGuardKit/WireGuardAdapter.swift
index 6c2e956..16e1b28 100644
--- a/Sources/WireGuardKit/WireGuardAdapter.swift
+++ b/Sources/WireGuardKit/WireGuardAdapter.swift
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ public enum WireGuardAdapterError: Error {
     /// Failure to set network settings.
     case setNetworkSettings(Error)
 
-    /// Timeout when calling to set network settings.
-    case setNetworkSettingsTimeout
-
     /// Failure to start WireGuard backend.
     case startWireGuardBackend(Int32)
 }
@@ -304,7 +301,7 @@ public class WireGuardAdapter {
                 throw WireGuardAdapterError.setNetworkSettings(systemError)
             }
         } else {
-            throw WireGuardAdapterError.setNetworkSettingsTimeout
+            self.logHandler(.error, "setTunnelNetworkSettings timed out after 5 seconds; proceeding anyway")
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Sources/WireGuardNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift b/Sources/WireGuardNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
index 042d86c..5ba8222 100644
--- a/Sources/WireGuardNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
+++ b/Sources/WireGuardNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ class PacketTunnelProvider: NEPacketTunnelProvider {
                 errorNotifier.notify(PacketTunnelProviderError.couldNotSetNetworkSettings)
                 completionHandler(PacketTunnelProviderError.couldNotSetNetworkSettings)
 
-            case .setNetworkSettingsTimeout:
-                wg_log(.error, message: "Starting tunnel failed with setTunnelNetworkSettings timing out")
-                errorNotifier.notify(PacketTunnelProviderError.couldNotSetNetworkSettings)
-                completionHandler(PacketTunnelProviderError.couldNotSetNetworkSettings)
-
             case .startWireGuardBackend(let errorCode):
                 wg_log(.error, message: "Starting tunnel failed with wgTurnOn returning \(errorCode)")
                 errorNotifier.notify(PacketTunnelProviderError.couldNotStartBackend)