diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 24cabc3f39..77ef6afe24 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -130,9 +130,6 @@ var (
 		utils.RPCListenAddrFlag,
 		utils.RPCPortFlag,
 		utils.RPCApiFlag,
-		utils.RPCReadTimeoutFlag,
-		utils.RPCWriteTimeoutFlag,
-		utils.RPCIdleTimeoutFlag,
 		utils.WSEnabledFlag,
 		utils.WSListenAddrFlag,
 		utils.WSPortFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/geth/usage.go b/cmd/geth/usage.go
index fb5629be7b..6a12a66cc2 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/usage.go
@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 			utils.RPCListenAddrFlag,
 			utils.RPCPortFlag,
 			utils.RPCApiFlag,
-			utils.RPCReadTimeoutFlag,
-			utils.RPCWriteTimeoutFlag,
-			utils.RPCIdleTimeoutFlag,
 			utils.WSEnabledFlag,
 			utils.WSListenAddrFlag,
 			utils.WSPortFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 5c53fed55d..522ad06b61 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/nat"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/netutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 	whisper "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv6"
 	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
 )
@@ -386,21 +385,6 @@ var (
 		Usage: "HTTP-RPC server listening port",
 		Value: node.DefaultHTTPPort,
 	}
-	RPCReadTimeoutFlag = cli.DurationFlag{
-		Name:  "rpcreadtimeout",
-		Usage: "HTTP-RPC server read timeout",
-		Value: rpc.DefaultHTTPReadTimeout,
-	}
-	RPCWriteTimeoutFlag = cli.DurationFlag{
-		Name:  "rpcwritetimeout",
-		Usage: "HTTP-RPC server write timeout",
-		Value: rpc.DefaultHTTPWriteTimeout,
-	}
-	RPCIdleTimeoutFlag = cli.DurationFlag{
-		Name:  "rpcidletimeout",
-		Usage: "HTTP-RPC server idle timeout",
-		Value: rpc.DefaultHTTPIdleTimeout,
-	}
 	RPCCORSDomainFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "rpccorsdomain",
 		Usage: "Comma separated list of domains from which to accept cross origin requests (browser enforced)",
@@ -745,17 +729,6 @@ func setHTTP(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(RPCVirtualHostsFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.HTTPVirtualHosts = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(RPCVirtualHostsFlag.Name))
 	}
-
-	cfg.HTTPTimeouts = rpc.NewDefaultHTTPTimeouts()
-	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(RPCReadTimeoutFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.HTTPTimeouts.ReadTimeout = ctx.GlobalDuration(RPCReadTimeoutFlag.Name)
-	}
-	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(RPCWriteTimeoutFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.HTTPTimeouts.WriteTimeout = ctx.GlobalDuration(RPCWriteTimeoutFlag.Name)
-	}
-	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(RPCIdleTimeoutFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.HTTPTimeouts.IdleTimeout = ctx.GlobalDuration(RPCIdleTimeoutFlag.Name)
-	}
 }
 
 // setWS creates the WebSocket RPC listener interface string from the set