diff --git a/test/test_transactions.py b/test/test_transactions.py
index 1b15536eb..892889f8c 100644
--- a/test/test_transactions.py
+++ b/test/test_transactions.py
@@ -498,28 +498,18 @@ class TestTransactions(TransactionsBase):
             self.assertGreater(len(addresses), 1)
 
 
-class PatchMockTimer(object):
-    """Patches the client_session module's monotonic time to test timeouts."""
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.monotonic_time = None
-        self.counter = 0
-
-    def time(self):
-        time = self.monotonic_time()
-        if self.counter > 0:
-            time += client_session._WITH_TRANSACTION_RETRY_TIME_LIMIT
-        self.counter += 1
-        return time
+class PatchSessionTimeout(object):
+    """Patches the client_session's with_transaction timeout for testing."""
+    def __init__(self, mock_timeout):
+        self.real_timeout = client_session._WITH_TRANSACTION_RETRY_TIME_LIMIT
+        self.mock_timeout = mock_timeout
 
     def __enter__(self):
-        self.monotonic_time = client_session.monotonic.time
-        self.counter = 0
-        client_session.monotonic.time = self.time
+        client_session._WITH_TRANSACTION_RETRY_TIME_LIMIT = self.mock_timeout
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
-        if self.monotonic_time:
-            client_session.monotonic.time = self.monotonic_time
+        client_session._WITH_TRANSACTION_RETRY_TIME_LIMIT = self.real_timeout
 
 
 class TestTransactionsConvenientAPI(TransactionsBase):
@@ -572,7 +562,7 @@ class TestTransactionsConvenientAPI(TransactionsBase):
         coll.insert_one({})
         listener.results.clear()
         with client.start_session() as s:
-            with PatchMockTimer():
+            with PatchSessionTimeout(0):
                 with self.assertRaises(OperationFailure):
                     s.with_transaction(callback)
 
@@ -601,7 +591,7 @@ class TestTransactionsConvenientAPI(TransactionsBase):
         listener.results.clear()
 
         with client.start_session() as s:
-            with PatchMockTimer():
+            with PatchSessionTimeout(0):
                 with self.assertRaises(OperationFailure):
                     s.with_transaction(callback)
 
@@ -629,7 +619,7 @@ class TestTransactionsConvenientAPI(TransactionsBase):
         listener.results.clear()
 
         with client.start_session() as s:
-            with PatchMockTimer():
+            with PatchSessionTimeout(0):
                 with self.assertRaises(ConnectionFailure):
                     s.with_transaction(callback)