diff --git a/linkcheck/plugin.properties b/linkcheck/plugin.properties
index dcb6dfa9..1b53180e 100644
--- a/linkcheck/plugin.properties
+++ b/linkcheck/plugin.properties
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@
 maven.linkcheck.cache=${maven.build.dir}/linkcheck/linkcheck.cache
 maven.linkcheck.failonerror=false
 maven.linkcheck.exclude=${pom.repository.url}
-maven.linkcheck.timeout=30000