diff --git a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
index 10a8c5ba2..9c044f107 100644
--- a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### New Features and Improvements
 
 ### Bug Fixes
+- Set default HTTPTimeout to 60s to match documented one.
 
 ### Documentation
 
diff --git a/httpclient/api_client.go b/httpclient/api_client.go
index d54fd3fb3..038271096 100644
--- a/httpclient/api_client.go
+++ b/httpclient/api_client.go
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ func (cfg ClientConfig) httpTransport() http.RoundTripper {
 
 func NewApiClient(cfg ClientConfig) *ApiClient {
 	// Set defaults for config values that are not set.
-	cfg.HTTPTimeout = time.Duration(orDefault(int(cfg.HTTPTimeout), int(30*time.Second)))
 	cfg.DebugTruncateBytes = orDefault(cfg.DebugTruncateBytes, 96)
 	cfg.RetryTimeout = time.Duration(orDefault(int(cfg.RetryTimeout), int(5*time.Minute)))
 	cfg.HTTPTimeout = time.Duration(orDefault(int(cfg.HTTPTimeout), int(60*time.Second)))