diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/impl_idl_ovn.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/impl_idl_ovn.py
index 452eb2aaca3..262f3ed927f 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/impl_idl_ovn.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/impl_idl_ovn.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ from neutron.services.portforwarding import constants as pf_const
 
 
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
-DEFAULT_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT = 2
 
 
 # Override wait_for_change to not use a timeout so we always try to reconnect
@@ -202,11 +201,6 @@ class Backend(ovs_idl.Backend):
                    % {'match': match, 'column': column, 'table': table})
             raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
-    def lookup(self, table, record, default=ovs_idl._NO_DEFAULT,
-               timeout=DEFAULT_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT, notify_handler=None):
-        return super().lookup(table, record, default=default, timeout=timeout,
-                              notify_handler=notify_handler)
-
 
 class OvsdbConnectionUnavailable(n_exc.ServiceUnavailable):
     message = _("OVS database connection to %(db_schema)s failed with error: "