diff --git a/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/diskstorage/keycolumnvalue/cache/RedissonCache.java b/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/diskstorage/keycolumnvalue/cache/RedissonCache.java
index e2c6d32823..97cae97529 100644
--- a/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/diskstorage/keycolumnvalue/cache/RedissonCache.java
+++ b/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/diskstorage/keycolumnvalue/cache/RedissonCache.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ public static RedissonClient getRedissonClient(Configuration configuration) {
                     .setCheckSentinelsList(false)
                     .setConnectTimeout(connectTimeout)
                     .setIdleConnectionTimeout(5_000)
-                    .setTimeout(5_000)
                     .setKeepAlive(keepAlive)
                     .setMasterName(configuration.get(REDIS_CACHE_MASTER_NAME))
                     .addSentinelAddress(formatUrls(configuration.get(REDIS_CACHE_SENTINEL_URLS).split(COMMA)))