diff --git a/shared/src/components/CodeExcerpt.tsx b/shared/src/components/CodeExcerpt.tsx
index b9c23d51a684f..5fb076284f4c9 100644
--- a/shared/src/components/CodeExcerpt.tsx
+++ b/shared/src/components/CodeExcerpt.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class CodeExcerpt extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
                             commitID,
                             filePath,
                             isLightTheme,
-                            disableTimeout: true,
+                            disableTimeout: false,
                         })
                     ),
                     catchError(error => [asError(error)])
diff --git a/web/src/repo/backend.tsx b/web/src/repo/backend.tsx
index 55314eb5a4606..6802227ce222d 100644
--- a/web/src/repo/backend.tsx
+++ b/web/src/repo/backend.tsx
@@ -218,9 +218,6 @@ export const fetchHighlightedFileLines = memoizeObservable(
                 if (result.isDirectory) {
                     return []
                 }
-                if (result.highlightedFile.aborted) {
-                    throw new Error('aborted fetching highlighted contents')
-                }
                 let parsed = result.highlightedFile.html.substr('<table>'.length)
                 parsed = parsed.substr(0, parsed.length - '</table>'.length)
                 const rows = parsed.split('</tr>')