diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
index c5c436164..97a4ca817 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
-	"time"
 
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/hex"
@@ -38,10 +37,6 @@ import (
 	xnet "github.com/minio/minio/pkg/net"
 )
 
-// The timeout of TCP connect and sending/receiving
-// data for all internode storage REST requests.
-const storageRESTTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
-
 func isNetworkError(err error) bool {
 	if err == nil {
 		return false
@@ -405,7 +400,7 @@ func newStorageRESTClient(endpoint Endpoint) (*storageRESTClient, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	restClient, err := rest.NewClient(serverURL, tlsConfig, storageRESTTimeout, newAuthToken)
+	restClient, err := rest.NewClient(serverURL, tlsConfig, rest.DefaultRESTTimeout, newAuthToken)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}