diff --git a/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt b/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 275b9c6..81543dc 100644
--- a/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   )
   target_link_libraries(test_loaned_message ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
-  ament_add_gtest(test_node test/test_node.cpp)
+  ament_add_gtest(test_node test/test_node.cpp TIMEOUT 240)
   if(TARGET test_node)
     ament_target_dependencies(test_node
       "rcl_interfaces"
diff --git a/rclcpp/test/test_node.cpp b/rclcpp/test/test_node.cpp
index 5d745b0..1eddeea 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/test_node.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/test/test_node.cpp
@@ -140,22 +140,6 @@ TEST_F(TestNode, subnode_get_name_and_namespace) {
     EXPECT_STREQ("sub_ns", subnode->get_sub_namespace().c_str());
     EXPECT_STREQ("/ns/sub_ns", subnode->get_effective_namespace().c_str());
   }
-  {
-    auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("my_node", "/ns");
-    auto subnode = node->create_sub_node("sub_ns");
-    EXPECT_STREQ("my_node", subnode->get_name());
-    EXPECT_STREQ("/ns", subnode->get_namespace());
-    EXPECT_STREQ("sub_ns", subnode->get_sub_namespace().c_str());
-    EXPECT_STREQ("/ns/sub_ns", subnode->get_effective_namespace().c_str());
-  }
-  {
-    auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("my_node");
-    auto subnode = node->create_sub_node("sub_ns");
-    EXPECT_STREQ("my_node", subnode->get_name());
-    EXPECT_STREQ("/", subnode->get_namespace());
-    EXPECT_STREQ("sub_ns", subnode->get_sub_namespace().c_str());
-    EXPECT_STREQ("/sub_ns", subnode->get_effective_namespace().c_str());
-  }
   {
     auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("my_node", "/ns");
     auto subnode = node->create_sub_node("sub_ns");