diff --git a/lib/libesp32/Berry-HttpClientLight/src/HttpClientLight.h b/lib/libesp32/Berry-HttpClientLight/src/HttpClientLight.h
index 8c3709399..59f532d08 100644
--- a/lib/libesp32/Berry-HttpClientLight/src/HttpClientLight.h
+++ b/lib/libesp32/Berry-HttpClientLight/src/HttpClientLight.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ protected:
     /// request handling
     String _host;
     uint16_t _port = 0;
-    int32_t _connectTimeout = -1;
+    int32_t _connectTimeout = HTTPCLIENT_DEFAULT_TCP_TIMEOUT;  // Do not set to -1 as it fails WiFiClient connect()
     bool _reuse = true;
     uint16_t _tcpTimeout = HTTPCLIENT_DEFAULT_TCP_TIMEOUT;
     bool _useHTTP10 = false;
diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_tasmota.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_tasmota.ino
index 0c2c29779..845f18766 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_tasmota.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_tasmota.ino
@@ -1403,7 +1403,6 @@ void Every250mSeconds(void)
             AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "OTA: unsupported protocol");
             ota_result = -999;
           } else {
-            OTAclient.setConnectTimeout(USE_BERRY_WEBCLIENT_TIMEOUT);
             httpUpdateLight.rebootOnUpdate(false);
             httpUpdateLight.setFactory(TasmotaGlobal.ota_factory);
             ota_result = (HTTP_UPDATE_FAILED != httpUpdateLight.update(OTAclient, version));
diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_01_9_webserver.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_01_9_webserver.ino
index b6233aa92..7c8300cb7 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_01_9_webserver.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_01_9_webserver.ino
@@ -3265,7 +3265,6 @@ int WebQuery(char *buffer) {
   if (url && method) {
 #if defined(ESP32) && defined(USE_WEBCLIENT_HTTPS)
     if (http.begin(UrlEncode(url))) {
-      http.setConnectTimeout(USE_BERRY_WEBCLIENT_TIMEOUT);
 #else // HTTP only
     if (http.begin(http_client, UrlEncode(url))) {
 #endif
@@ -3357,7 +3356,6 @@ int WebGetConfig(char *buffer) {
 #if defined(ESP32) && defined(USE_WEBCLIENT_HTTPS)
   HTTPClientLight http;
   if (http.begin(UrlEncode(url))) {         // UrlEncode(url) = |http://192.168.178.86/cm?cmnd=POWER1%20ON|
-    http.setConnectTimeout(USE_BERRY_WEBCLIENT_TIMEOUT);
 #else // HTTP only
   WiFiClient http_client;
   HTTPClient http;
@@ -3602,8 +3600,7 @@ void CmndWebQuery(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef USE_WEBGETCONFIG
-void CmndWebGetConfig(void)
-{
+void CmndWebGetConfig(void) {
   // WebGetConfig http://myserver:8000/tasmota/conf/%id%.dmp where %id% is expanded to device mac address
   // WebGetConfig http://myserver:8000/tasmota/conf/Config_demo_9.5.0.8.dmp
   if (XdrvMailbox.data_len > 0) {