diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/default.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/default.js
index e900f2a16b4e646fb60ae9b70a875a5641b84035..597745bbc1da025b4f5250974c9dedca499892e5 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/default.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/default.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   'pubsweet-server': {
     db: getDbConfig(),
-    pool: { min: 0, max: 10, idleTimeoutMillis: 1000 },
+    pool: { min: 0, max: 10 },
     ignoreTerminatedConnectionError: true,
     port: 3000,
     logger,