diff --git a/node/defaults.go b/node/defaults.go
index 42d9d4cde0..d8f718121e 100644
--- a/node/defaults.go
+++ b/node/defaults.go
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ const (
 	DefaultAuthPort = 8551        // Default port for the authenticated apis
 )
 
-const (
-	// Engine API batch limits: these are not configurable by users, and should cover the
-	// needs of all CLs.
-	engineAPIBatchItemLimit         = 2000
-	engineAPIBatchResponseSizeLimit = 250 * 1000 * 1000
-)
-
 var (
 	DefaultAuthCors    = []string{"localhost"} // Default cors domain for the authenticated apis
 	DefaultAuthVhosts  = []string{"localhost"} // Default virtual hosts for the authenticated apis
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 41c9971fe8..da41169c52 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -449,11 +449,8 @@ func (n *Node) startRPC() error {
 		if err := server.setListenAddr(n.config.AuthAddr, port); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		sharedConfig := rpcEndpointConfig{
-			jwtSecret:              secret,
-			batchItemLimit:         engineAPIBatchItemLimit,
-			batchResponseSizeLimit: engineAPIBatchResponseSizeLimit,
-		}
+		sharedConfig := rpcConfig
+		sharedConfig.jwtSecret = secret
 		if err := server.enableRPC(allAPIs, httpConfig{
 			CorsAllowedOrigins: DefaultAuthCors,
 			Vhosts:             n.config.AuthVirtualHosts,