diff --git a/libraries/WebServer/src/WebServer.cpp b/libraries/WebServer/src/WebServer.cpp
index 652a86f587f..d0f762b70b3 100644
--- a/libraries/WebServer/src/WebServer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/WebServer/src/WebServer.cpp
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ void WebServer::handleClient() {
       case HC_WAIT_READ:
         // Wait for data from client to become available
         if (_currentClient.available()) {
-          _currentClient.setTimeout(HTTP_MAX_SEND_WAIT); /* / 1000 removed, WifiClient setTimeout changed to ms */
+          _currentClient.setConnectionTimeout(HTTP_MAX_SEND_WAIT);
           if (_parseRequest(_currentClient)) {
             _contentLength = CONTENT_LENGTH_NOT_SET;
             _responseCode = 0;