diff --git a/internal/integration/base/discovery_k8s.go b/internal/integration/base/discovery_k8s.go
index b5cac5a8a5..b6f22abfb9 100644
--- a/internal/integration/base/discovery_k8s.go
+++ b/internal/integration/base/discovery_k8s.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package base
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"time"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ func discoverNodesK8s(ctx context.Context, client *client.Client, suite *TalosSu
 	}
 
 	// patch timeout
-	config.Timeout = time.Minute
 	if suite.K8sEndpoint != "" {
 		config.Host = suite.K8sEndpoint
 	}
diff --git a/internal/integration/base/k8s.go b/internal/integration/base/k8s.go
index e65b00eb9b..6bd22373a1 100644
--- a/internal/integration/base/k8s.go
+++ b/internal/integration/base/k8s.go
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ func (k8sSuite *K8sSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	})
 	k8sSuite.Require().NoError(err)
 
-	// patch timeout
-	config.Timeout = time.Minute
 	if k8sSuite.K8sEndpoint != "" {
 		config.Host = k8sSuite.K8sEndpoint
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/kubernetes.go b/pkg/cluster/kubernetes.go
index 5f30bc35c9..c916676c6e 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/kubernetes.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -66,9 +65,6 @@ func (k *KubernetesClient) K8sRestConfig(ctx context.Context) (*rest.Config, err
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// patch timeout
-	config.Timeout = time.Minute
-
 	if k.ForceEndpoint != "" {
 		forceEndpoint, _ := strings.CutPrefix(k.ForceEndpoint, "https://")
 
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/sonobuoy/sonobuoy.go b/pkg/cluster/sonobuoy/sonobuoy.go
index efaf95ea31..8d3a053de2 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/sonobuoy/sonobuoy.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/sonobuoy/sonobuoy.go
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, cluster cluster.K8sProvider, options *Options) err
 		return fmt.Errorf("error getting kubernetes config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// reset timeout to prevent log streaming from timing out
-	cfg.Timeout = 0
-
 	skc, err := sonodynamic.NewAPIHelperFromRESTConfig(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get sonobuoy api helper: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/pkg/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 0758009641..a2efe3bec7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ func NewClientFromKubeletKubeconfig() (*Client, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if config.Timeout == 0 {
-		config.Timeout = 30 * time.Second
-	}
-
 	return NewForConfig(config)
 }