The actor has played corner shop boss Dev Alahan for the last 15 years but has decided he needs to take an extended break.
He sat down with the soap's top boss, Stuart Blackburn, and asked for three months away from the cobbles.
Stuart gave his break the green light but won't be leaving until early next year so that soap chiefs have the time to plan how they will write his character out.
A show insider said: "Jimmi has just decided that after 15 years playing Dev he needs a short break so that he can go travelling.
"He hasn't got any plans set in stone yet, he doesn't even know where he wants to go on his travels! But he wanted that time off to go exploring.
"As he's not going until next year we have plenty of time to come up with a legitimate reason for Dev to leave Weatherfield for a few months."
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