diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs
index d74d77755d..63f2752523 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ public static class ConfigSettings
         {
             public static readonly string CacheLocation = "cacheLocation";
             public static readonly string ContainsLegacyPackageInstalls = "containsLegacyPackageInstalls";
-            public static readonly string CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds = "commandExecutionTimeoutSeconds";
             public static readonly string Proxy = "proxy";
             public static readonly string ProxyUser = "proxyUser";
             public static readonly string ProxyPassword = "proxyPassword";
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
index 644929f9d9..bf057b3c9c 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
@@ -194,21 +194,13 @@ private static void set_config_items(ChocolateyConfiguration config, ConfigFileS
                 config.CacheLocation = fileSystem.combine_paths(ApplicationParameters.InstallLocation, "temp");
             }
 
-            var originalCommandTimeout = configFileSettings.CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds;
-            var commandExecutionTimeoutSeconds = -1;
-            int.TryParse(
-                set_config_item(
-                    ApplicationParameters.ConfigSettings.CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds,
-                    configFileSettings,
-                    originalCommandTimeout == 0 ?
-                        ApplicationParameters.DefaultWaitForExitInSeconds.to_string()
-                        : originalCommandTimeout.to_string(),
-                    "Default timeout for command execution."),
-                out commandExecutionTimeoutSeconds);
-            config.CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds = commandExecutionTimeoutSeconds;
-            if (configFileSettings.CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds <= 0)
+            if (configFileSettings.CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds > 0)
+            {
+                config.CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds = configFileSettings.CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds;
+            }
+            else
             {
-                set_config_item(ApplicationParameters.ConfigSettings.CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds, configFileSettings, ApplicationParameters.DefaultWaitForExitInSeconds.to_string(), "Default timeout for command execution.", forceSettingValue: true);
+                set_config_item(ApplicationParameters.DefaultWaitForExitInSeconds.to_string(), configFileSettings, ApplicationParameters.DefaultWaitForExitInSeconds.to_string(), "Default timeout for command execution.", forceSettingValue: true);
                 config.CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds = ApplicationParameters.DefaultWaitForExitInSeconds;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/chocolatey.config b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/chocolatey.config
index 2a4275993d..e6c7900498 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/chocolatey.config
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/chocolatey.config
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <config>
     <add key="cacheLocation" value="" />
     <add key="containsLegacyPackageInstalls" value="true" />
-    <add key="commandExecutionTimeoutSeconds" value="2700" />
     <add key="proxy" value="" />
     <add key="proxyUser" value="" />
     <add key="proxyPassword" value="" />