diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7a673a8f..db3e008ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - ActivityPub delivery attempts are spaced out more giving up after 3h instead of ~20min before
 - inboxes now fake a succcess reply on incoming Delete documents whose signing key is unknown but gone;
   this prevents older Mastodon from repeatedly trying to deliver Deletes of actors we never knew anyway
+- The config option `config :pleroma, :http, :pool_max_idle_time` was removed; it never actually
+  did anything and was redundant with `config :pleroma, :http, :pool_timeout` which actually works.
 
 ## 2025.03
 
diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 29108ccb0..fdb29ad52 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -181,14 +181,12 @@
 
 # Configures http settings, upstream proxy etc.
 config :pleroma, :http,
-  pool_timeout: :timer.seconds(5),
+  pool_timeout: :timer.seconds(60),
   receive_timeout: :timer.seconds(15),
   proxy_url: nil,
   user_agent: :default,
   pool_size: 10,
-  adapter: [],
-  # see: https://hexdocs.pm/finch/Finch.html#start_link/1
-  pool_max_idle_time: :timer.seconds(30)
+  adapter: []
 
 config :pleroma, :instance,
   name: "Akkoma",
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper.ex b/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper.ex
index 74b0b88f1..99416f53f 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper.ex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.HTTP.AdapterHelper do
   @moduledoc """
   Configure Tesla.Client with default and customized adapter options.
   """
-  @defaults [name: MyFinch, pool_timeout: 5_000, receive_timeout: 5_000]
+  @defaults [name: MyFinch, pool_timeout: 60_000, receive_timeout: 15_000]
 
   @type proxy_type() :: :socks4 | :socks5
   @type host() :: charlist() | :inet.ip_address()
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/default.ex b/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/default.ex
index fc377b376..c5f0ccaab 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/default.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/default.ex
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.HTTP.AdapterHelper.Default do
   @spec options(keyword(), URI.t()) :: keyword()
   def options(opts, _uri) do
     proxy = Pleroma.Config.get([:http, :proxy_url])
-    pool_timeout = Pleroma.Config.get([:http, :pool_timeout], 5000)
+    pool_timeout = Pleroma.Config.get([:http, :pool_timeout], 60_000)
     receive_timeout = Pleroma.Config.get([:http, :receive_timeout], 15_000)
 
     opts
diff --git a/test/pleroma/http/adapter_helper_test.exs b/test/pleroma/http/adapter_helper_test.exs
index 0951187aa..798718e25 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/http/adapter_helper_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/http/adapter_helper_test.exs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test "should not override conn_opts if set" do
   describe "timeout settings" do
     test "should default to 5000/15000" do
       options = AdapterHelper.options(%URI{host: ~c"somewhere"})
-      assert options[:pool_timeout] == 5000
+      assert options[:pool_timeout] == 60_000
       assert options[:receive_timeout] == 15_000
     end