diff --git a/cmd/clef/main.go b/cmd/clef/main.go
index 5b94652bca..85704754de 100644
--- a/cmd/clef/main.go
+++ b/cmd/clef/main.go
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func signer(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 		// start http server
 		httpEndpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.String(utils.RPCListenAddrFlag.Name), c.Int(rpcPortFlag.Name))
-		listener, _, err := rpc.StartHTTPEndpoint(httpEndpoint, rpcAPI, []string{"account"}, cors, vhosts, rpc.NewDefaultHTTPTimeouts())
+		listener, _, err := rpc.StartHTTPEndpoint(httpEndpoint, rpcAPI, []string{"account"}, cors, vhosts, rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Could not start RPC api: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/node/defaults.go b/node/defaults.go
index d818ba3eb4..c1376dba0f 100644
--- a/node/defaults.go
+++ b/node/defaults.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 	HTTPPort:         DefaultHTTPPort,
 	HTTPModules:      []string{"net", "web3"},
 	HTTPVirtualHosts: []string{"localhost"},
-	HTTPTimeouts:     rpc.NewDefaultHTTPTimeouts(),
+	HTTPTimeouts:     rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts,
 	WSPort:           DefaultWSPort,
 	WSModules:        []string{"net", "web3"},
 	P2P: p2p.Config{
diff --git a/rpc/http.go b/rpc/http.go
index eee8a32201..f571a79171 100644
--- a/rpc/http.go
+++ b/rpc/http.go
@@ -96,10 +96,6 @@ var DefaultHTTPTimeouts = HTTPTimeouts{
 	IdleTimeout:  120 * time.Second,
 }
 
-func NewDefaultHTTPTimeouts() HTTPTimeouts {
-	return DefaultHTTPTimeouts
-}
-
 // DialHTTPWithClient creates a new RPC client that connects to an RPC server over HTTP
 // using the provided HTTP Client.
 func DialHTTPWithClient(endpoint string, client *http.Client) (*Client, error) {