diff --git a/workers/security_notification_worker.py b/workers/security_notification_worker.py
index a33bc9762..91f482aec 100644
--- a/workers/security_notification_worker.py
+++ b/workers/security_notification_worker.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from util.secscan.notifier import process_notification_data
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-_READING_SECONDS = 120 # 2 minutes
 _PROCESSING_SECONDS = 60 * 60 # 1 hour
 _LAYER_LIMIT = 1000 # The number of layers to request on each page.
 
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ class SecurityNotificationWorker(QueueWorker):
     current_page = data.get('page', None)
 
     while True:
-      self.extend_processing(_READING_SECONDS, json.dumps(data))
       (response_data, should_retry) = secscan_api.get_notification(notification_name,
                                                                    layer_limit=_LAYER_LIMIT,
                                                                    page=current_page)