diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrCmdDistributor.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrCmdDistributor.java
index f8701e37c97..630ec605829 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrCmdDistributor.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrCmdDistributor.java
@@ -321,8 +321,6 @@ public class SolrCmdDistributor {
   
           CommonsHttpSolrServer server = new CommonsHttpSolrServer(fullUrl,
               client);
-          server.setConnectionTimeout(30000);
-          server.setSoTimeout(30000);
           
           clonedRequest.ursp = server.request(clonedRequest.ureq);