diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 07c8a5104..5eec8f5be 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 		HttpClient: cleanhttp.DefaultClient(),
 		TLSConfig:  &TLSConfig{},
 	}
-	config.HttpClient.Timeout = time.Second * 60
 	transport := config.HttpClient.Transport.(*http.Transport)
 	transport.TLSHandshakeTimeout = 10 * time.Second
 	transport.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{