diff --git a/src/matrix/SessionContainer.js b/src/matrix/SessionContainer.js
index 57752309..4e17e010 100644
--- a/src/matrix/SessionContainer.js
+++ b/src/matrix/SessionContainer.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export class SessionContainer {
             let sessionInfo;
             try {
                 const request = this._platform.request;
-                const hsApi = new HomeServerApi({homeServer, request, createTimeout: clock.createTimeout});
+                const hsApi = new HomeServerApi({homeServer, request});
                 const loginData = await hsApi.passwordLogin(username, password, "Hydrogen", {log}).response();
                 const sessionId = this.createNewSessionId();
                 sessionInfo = {
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ export class SessionContainer {
             accessToken: sessionInfo.accessToken,
             request: this._platform.request,
             reconnector: this._reconnector,
-            createTimeout: clock.createTimeout
         });
         this._sessionId = sessionInfo.id;
         this._storage = await this._platform.storageFactory.create(sessionInfo.id);
diff --git a/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.js b/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.js
index cbcb55ab..051bb44a 100644
--- a/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.js
+++ b/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.js
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ import {encodeQueryParams, encodeBody} from "./common.js";
 import {HomeServerRequest} from "./HomeServerRequest.js";
 
 export class HomeServerApi {
-    constructor({homeServer, accessToken, request, createTimeout, reconnector}) {
+    constructor({homeServer, accessToken, request, reconnector}) {
         // store these both in a closure somehow so it's harder to get at in case of XSS?
         // one could change the homeserver as well so the token gets sent there, so both must be protected from read/write
         this._homeserver = homeServer;
         this._accessToken = accessToken;
         this._requestFn = request;
-        this._createTimeout = createTimeout;
         this._reconnector = reconnector;
     }