diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/KafkaStreams.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/KafkaStreams.java
index 77eebe8ad4cdf..798f9e7907e00 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/KafkaStreams.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/KafkaStreams.java
@@ -1031,7 +1031,6 @@ public Optional<String> removeStreamThread(final Duration timeout) {
     }
 
     private Optional<String> removeStreamThread(final long timeoutMs) throws TimeoutException {
-        final long begin = time.milliseconds();
         boolean timeout = false;
         if (isRunningOrRebalancing()) {
             synchronized (changeThreadCount) {
@@ -1044,7 +1043,7 @@ private Optional<String> removeStreamThread(final long timeoutMs) throws Timeout
                         streamThread.requestLeaveGroupDuringShutdown();
                         streamThread.shutdown();
                         if (!streamThread.getName().equals(Thread.currentThread().getName())) {
-                            if (!streamThread.waitOnThreadState(StreamThread.State.DEAD, timeoutMs - begin)) {
+                            if (!streamThread.waitOnThreadState(StreamThread.State.DEAD, timeoutMs)) {
                                 log.warn("Thread " + streamThread.getName() + " did not shutdown in the allotted time");
                                 timeout = true;
                                 // Don't remove from threads until shutdown is complete. We will trim it from the
@@ -1066,7 +1065,7 @@ private Optional<String> removeStreamThread(final long timeoutMs) throws Timeout
                                     new RemoveMembersFromConsumerGroupOptions(membersToRemove)
                                 );
                             try {
-                                removeMembersFromConsumerGroupResult.memberResult(memberToRemove).get(timeoutMs - begin, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+                                removeMembersFromConsumerGroupResult.memberResult(memberToRemove).get(timeoutMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
                             } catch (final java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException e) {
                                 log.error("Could not remove static member {} from consumer group {} due to a timeout: {}",
                                         groupInstanceID.get(), config.getString(StreamsConfig.APPLICATION_ID_CONFIG), e);