diff --git a/lib/client-handshake.c b/lib/client-handshake.c
index 7a5bfd45..f3113b07 100644
--- a/lib/client-handshake.c
+++ b/lib/client-handshake.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ struct libwebsocket *__libwebsocket_client_connect_2(
 	struct libwebsocket *wsi
 ) {
 	struct pollfd pfd;
-	struct timeval tv;
 	struct hostent *server_hostent;
 	struct sockaddr_in server_addr;
 	int n;
@@ -72,11 +71,6 @@ struct libwebsocket *__libwebsocket_client_connect_2(
 							    &opt, sizeof(opt));
 #endif
 
-	/* Set receiving timeout */
-	tv.tv_sec = 0;
-	tv.tv_usec = 100 * 1000;
-	setsockopt(wsi->sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (char *)&tv, sizeof tv);
-
 	if (connect(wsi->sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr,
 					     sizeof(struct sockaddr)) == -1)  {
 		lwsl_debug("Connect failed\n");