diff --git a/frappe/email/receive.py b/frappe/email/receive.py
index 4f4ed6d48e..dd64d0df80 100644
--- a/frappe/email/receive.py
+++ b/frappe/email/receive.py
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ from frappe.utils.html_utils import clean_email_html
 
 # fix due to a python bug in poplib that limits it to 2048
 poplib._MAXLINE = 20480
-imaplib._MAXLINE = 20480
 
-# fix due to a python bug in poplib that limits it to 2048
-poplib._MAXLINE = 20480
-imaplib._MAXLINE = 20480
 
 
 class EmailSizeExceededError(frappe.ValidationError): pass