diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index a88900aaf33e03..8fa2aff627bc48 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ function Server(options, requestListener) {
   this.keepAliveTimeout = 5000;
   this.maxHeadersCount = null;
   this.headersTimeout = 60 * 1000; // 60 seconds
-  this.requestTimeout = 0; // 120 seconds
+  this.requestTimeout = 0;
 }
 ObjectSetPrototypeOf(Server.prototype, net.Server.prototype);
 ObjectSetPrototypeOf(Server, net.Server);
diff --git a/lib/https.js b/lib/https.js
index 4b21977fe48c3a..6aafef6cb639e1 100644
--- a/lib/https.js
+++ b/lib/https.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function Server(opts, requestListener) {
   this.keepAliveTimeout = 5000;
   this.maxHeadersCount = null;
   this.headersTimeout = 60 * 1000; // 60 seconds
-  this.requestTimeout = 120 * 1000; // 120 seconds
+  this.requestTimeout = 0;
 }
 ObjectSetPrototypeOf(Server.prototype, tls.Server.prototype);
 ObjectSetPrototypeOf(Server, tls.Server);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-https-server-request-timeout.js b/test/parallel/test-https-server-request-timeout.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..66a1cb9f25f82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-https-server-request-timeout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { createServer } = require('https');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+
+const options = {
+  key: fixtures.readKey('agent1-key.pem'),
+  cert: fixtures.readKey('agent1-cert.pem')
+};
+
+const server = createServer(options);
+
+// 0 seconds is the default
+assert.strictEqual(server.requestTimeout, 0);
+const requestTimeout = common.platformTimeout(1000);
+server.requestTimeout = requestTimeout;
+assert.strictEqual(server.requestTimeout, requestTimeout);