diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/incoming-transactions.js b/app/scripts/controllers/incoming-transactions.js
index c56509314..9577632c5 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/incoming-transactions.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/incoming-transactions.js
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ import {
   RINKEBY_CHAIN_ID,
   ROPSTEN_CHAIN_ID,
 } from '../../../shared/constants/network';
-import { SECOND } from '../../../shared/constants/time';
 
-const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout(SECOND * 30);
+const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout();
 
 /**
  * @typedef {import('../../../shared/constants/transaction').TransactionMeta} TransactionMeta
diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/network/network.js b/app/scripts/controllers/network/network.js
index 3437398f5..2969041aa 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/network/network.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/network/network.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import {
   INFURA_BLOCKED_KEY,
   TEST_NETWORK_TICKER_MAP,
 } from '../../../../shared/constants/network';
-import { SECOND } from '../../../../shared/constants/time';
 import {
   isPrefixedFormattedHexString,
   isSafeChainId,
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ import createInfuraClient from './createInfuraClient';
 import createJsonRpcClient from './createJsonRpcClient';
 
 const env = process.env.METAMASK_ENV;
-const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout(SECOND * 30);
+const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout();
 
 let defaultProviderConfigOpts;
 if (process.env.IN_TEST) {
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/buy-url.js b/app/scripts/lib/buy-url.js
index eed5ff82d..eb8e22cf4 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/buy-url.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/buy-url.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   ROPSTEN_CHAIN_ID,
   BUYABLE_CHAINS_MAP,
 } from '../../../shared/constants/network';
-import { SECOND } from '../../../shared/constants/time';
 import getFetchWithTimeout from '../../../shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout';
 import {
   TRANSAK_API_KEY,
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   COINBASEPAY_API_KEY,
 } from '../constants/on-ramp';
 
-const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout(SECOND * 30);
+const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout();
 
 /**
  * Create a Wyre purchase URL.
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/ens-ipfs/setup.js b/app/scripts/lib/ens-ipfs/setup.js
index 2d19811c3..942b888cc 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/ens-ipfs/setup.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/ens-ipfs/setup.js
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ import base32Encode from 'base32-encode';
 import base64 from 'base64-js';
 import browser from 'webextension-polyfill';
 
-import { SECOND } from '../../../../shared/constants/time';
 import getFetchWithTimeout from '../../../../shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout';
 import resolveEnsToIpfsContentId from './resolver';
 
-const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout(SECOND * 30);
+const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout();
 
 const supportedTopLevelDomains = ['eth'];
 
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/network-store.js b/app/scripts/lib/network-store.js
index ca5f4c843..f4e5997bf 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/network-store.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/network-store.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import log from 'loglevel';
-import { SECOND } from '../../../shared/constants/time';
 import getFetchWithTimeout from '../../../shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout';
 
-const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout(SECOND * 30);
+const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout();
 
 const FIXTURE_SERVER_HOST = 'localhost';
 const FIXTURE_SERVER_PORT = 12345;
diff --git a/shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout.js b/shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout.js
index b12e8cba5..791470d77 100644
--- a/shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout.js
+++ b/shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { memoize } from 'lodash';
+import { SECOND } from '../constants/time';
 
-const getFetchWithTimeout = memoize((timeout) => {
+const getFetchWithTimeout = memoize((timeout = SECOND * 30) => {
   if (!Number.isInteger(timeout) || timeout < 1) {
     throw new Error('Must specify positive integer timeout.');
   }
diff --git a/shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout.test.js b/shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout.test.js
index 8d7ae5785..2129db1c3 100644
--- a/shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout.test.js
+++ b/shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout.test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe('getFetchWithTimeout', () => {
   it('fetches a url', async () => {
     nock('https://api.infura.io').get('/money').reply(200, '{"hodl": false}');
 
-    const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout(SECOND * 30);
+    const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout();
     const response = await (
       await fetchWithTimeout('https://api.infura.io/money')
     ).json();
@@ -46,15 +46,9 @@ describe('getFetchWithTimeout', () => {
   });
 
   it('throws on invalid timeout', async () => {
-    await expect(() => getFetchWithTimeout()).toThrow(
-      'Must specify positive integer timeout.',
-    );
     await expect(() => getFetchWithTimeout(-1)).toThrow(
       'Must specify positive integer timeout.',
     );
-    await expect(() => getFetchWithTimeout({})).toThrow(
-      'Must specify positive integer timeout.',
-    );
     await expect(() => getFetchWithTimeout(true)).toThrow(
       'Must specify positive integer timeout.',
     );
diff --git a/shared/modules/rpc.utils.js b/shared/modules/rpc.utils.js
index ab0c006b6..341ef1d97 100644
--- a/shared/modules/rpc.utils.js
+++ b/shared/modules/rpc.utils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { SECOND } from '../constants/time';
 import getFetchWithTimeout from './fetch-with-timeout';
 
-const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout(SECOND * 30);
+const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout();
 
 /**
  * Makes a JSON RPC request to the given URL, with the given RPC method and params.
diff --git a/ui/helpers/utils/i18n-helper.js b/ui/helpers/utils/i18n-helper.js
index f5a2aac22..c18e7df83 100644
--- a/ui/helpers/utils/i18n-helper.js
+++ b/ui/helpers/utils/i18n-helper.js
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ import React from 'react';
 import log from 'loglevel';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/browser';
 
-import { SECOND } from '../../../shared/constants/time';
 import getFetchWithTimeout from '../../../shared/modules/fetch-with-timeout';
 
-const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout(SECOND * 30);
+const fetchWithTimeout = getFetchWithTimeout();
 
 const warned = {};
 const missingMessageErrors = {};