diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9747a16..a95d6c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,19 +12,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Metrics endpoint for Prometheus integration
 * Search in list of targets using API & CLI
 * Allow filtering targets by arch value
-* Configurable global timeout for builds
 
 ### Changed
 
 * Rewrote cron expression logic in C
 * Updated codebase to V commit after 0.3.3
-* Agents now use worker threads and no longer spawn a new thread for every
-  build
-
-### Fixed
-
-* Package upload now fails if TCP connection is closed before all bytes have
-  been received
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/build/build.v b/src/build/build.v
index b864792..c69a613 100644
--- a/src/build/build.v
+++ b/src/build/build.v
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ pub:
 }
 
 // build_target builds the given target. Internally it calls `build_config`.
-pub fn build_target(address string, api_key string, base_image_id string, target &Target, force bool, timeout int) !BuildResult {
-	config := target.as_build_config(base_image_id, force, timeout)
+pub fn build_target(address string, api_key string, base_image_id string, target &Target, force bool) !BuildResult {
+	config := target.as_build_config(base_image_id, force)
 
 	return build_config(address, api_key, config)
 }
@@ -136,17 +136,9 @@ pub fn build_config(address string, api_key string, config BuildConfig) !BuildRe
 	dd.container_start(id)!
 
 	mut data := dd.container_inspect(id)!
-	start_time := time.now()
 
 	// This loop waits until the container has stopped, so we can remove it after
 	for data.state.running {
-		if time.now() - start_time > config.timeout * time.second {
-			dd.container_kill(id)!
-			dd.container_remove(id)!
-
-			return error('Build killed due to timeout (${config.timeout}s)')
-		}
-
 		time.sleep(1 * time.second)
 
 		data = dd.container_inspect(id)!
diff --git a/src/build/queue.v b/src/build/queue.v
index bc4db9d..73068ac 100644
--- a/src/build/queue.v
+++ b/src/build/queue.v
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ pub struct BuildJobQueue {
 	default_schedule &cron.Expression
 	// Base image to use for targets without defined base image
 	default_base_image string
-	// After how many minutes a build should be forcefully cancelled
-	default_build_timeout int
 mut:
 	mutex shared util.Dummy
 	// For each architecture, a priority queue is tracked
@@ -46,11 +44,10 @@ mut:
 }
 
 // new_job_queue initializes a new job queue
-pub fn new_job_queue(default_schedule &cron.Expression, default_base_image string, default_build_timeout int) BuildJobQueue {
+pub fn new_job_queue(default_schedule &cron.Expression, default_base_image string) BuildJobQueue {
 	return BuildJobQueue{
 		default_schedule: unsafe { default_schedule }
 		default_base_image: default_base_image
-		default_build_timeout: default_build_timeout
 		invalidated: map[int]time.Time{}
 	}
 }
@@ -83,7 +80,7 @@ pub fn (mut q BuildJobQueue) insert(input InsertConfig) ! {
 		mut job := BuildJob{
 			created: time.now()
 			single: input.single
-			config: input.target.as_build_config(q.default_base_image, input.force, q.default_build_timeout)
+			config: input.target.as_build_config(q.default_base_image, input.force)
 		}
 
 		if !input.now {
diff --git a/src/console/targets/build.v b/src/console/targets/build.v
index 93464af..a59e6a1 100644
--- a/src/console/targets/build.v
+++ b/src/console/targets/build.v
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os
 import build
 
 // build locally builds the target with the given id.
-fn build_target(conf Config, target_id int, force bool, timeout int) ! {
+fn build_target(conf Config, target_id int, force bool) ! {
 	c := client.new(conf.address, conf.api_key)
 	target := c.get_target(target_id)!
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fn build_target(conf Config, target_id int, force bool, timeout int) ! {
 	image_id := build.create_build_image(conf.base_image)!
 
 	println('Running build...')
-	res := build.build_target(conf.address, conf.api_key, image_id, target, force, timeout)!
+	res := build.build_target(conf.address, conf.api_key, image_id, target, force)!
 
 	println('Removing build image...')
 
diff --git a/src/console/targets/targets.v b/src/console/targets/targets.v
index f85c4c0..676fa0a 100644
--- a/src/console/targets/targets.v
+++ b/src/console/targets/targets.v
@@ -232,12 +232,6 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 						description: 'Architecture to schedule build for. Required when using -remote.'
 						flag: cli.FlagType.string
 					},
-					cli.Flag{
-						name: 'timeout'
-						description: 'After how many minutes to cancel the build. Only applies to local builds.'
-						flag: cli.FlagType.int
-						default_value: ['3600']
-					},
 				]
 				execute: fn (cmd cli.Command) ! {
 					config_file := cmd.flags.get_string('config-file')!
@@ -245,7 +239,6 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 
 					remote := cmd.flags.get_bool('remote')!
 					force := cmd.flags.get_bool('force')!
-					timeout := cmd.flags.get_int('timeout')!
 					target_id := cmd.args[0].int()
 
 					if remote {
@@ -258,7 +251,7 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 						c := client.new(conf_.address, conf_.api_key)
 						c.queue_job(target_id, arch, force)!
 					} else {
-						build_target(conf_, target_id, force, timeout)!
+						build_target(conf_, target_id, force)!
 					}
 				}
 			},
diff --git a/src/models/builds.v b/src/models/builds.v
index 6923115..be2910c 100644
--- a/src/models/builds.v
+++ b/src/models/builds.v
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ pub:
 	repo       string
 	base_image string
 	force      bool
-	timeout    int
 }
 
 // str return a single-line string representation of a build log
 pub fn (c BuildConfig) str() string {
-	return '{ target: ${c.target_id}, kind: ${c.kind}, url: ${c.url}, branch: ${c.branch}, path: ${c.path}, repo: ${c.repo}, base_image: ${c.base_image}, force: ${c.force}, timeout: ${c.timeout} }'
+	return '{ target: ${c.target_id}, kind: ${c.kind}, url: ${c.url}, branch: ${c.branch}, path: ${c.path}, repo: ${c.repo}, base_image: ${c.base_image}, force: ${c.force} }'
 }
diff --git a/src/models/targets.v b/src/models/targets.v
index 14cc8a6..3c0c9cf 100644
--- a/src/models/targets.v
+++ b/src/models/targets.v
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn (t &Target) str() string {
 
 // as_build_config converts a Target into a BuildConfig, given some extra
 // needed information.
-pub fn (t &Target) as_build_config(base_image string, force bool, timeout int) BuildConfig {
+pub fn (t &Target) as_build_config(base_image string, force bool) BuildConfig {
 	return BuildConfig{
 		target_id: t.id
 		kind: t.kind
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ pub fn (t &Target) as_build_config(base_image string, force bool, timeout int) B
 		repo: t.repo
 		base_image: base_image
 		force: force
-		timeout: timeout
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/server/cli.v b/src/server/cli.v
index abb5fe3..08ad5f8 100644
--- a/src/server/cli.v
+++ b/src/server/cli.v
@@ -5,18 +5,17 @@ import conf as vconf
 
 struct Config {
 pub:
-	port                  int    = 8000
-	log_level             string = 'WARN'
-	pkg_dir               string
-	data_dir              string
-	api_key               string
-	default_arch          string
-	global_schedule       string = '0 3'
-	base_image            string = 'archlinux:base-devel'
-	max_log_age           int    [empty_default]
-	log_removal_schedule  string = '0 0'
-	collect_metrics       bool   [empty_default]
-	default_build_timeout int = 3600
+	port                 int    = 8000
+	log_level            string = 'WARN'
+	pkg_dir              string
+	data_dir             string
+	api_key              string
+	default_arch         string
+	global_schedule      string = '0 3'
+	base_image           string = 'archlinux:base-devel'
+	max_log_age          int    [empty_default]
+	log_removal_schedule string = '0 0'
+	collect_metrics      bool   [empty_default]
 }
 
 // cmd returns the cli submodule that handles starting the server
diff --git a/src/server/server.v b/src/server/server.v
index e1516fa..4cccb27 100644
--- a/src/server/server.v
+++ b/src/server/server.v
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ pub fn server(conf Config) ! {
 		repo: repo_
 		db: db
 		collector: collector
-		job_queue: build.new_job_queue(global_ce, conf.base_image, conf.default_build_timeout)
+		job_queue: build.new_job_queue(global_ce, conf.base_image)
 	}
 	app.init_job_queue() or {
 		util.exit_with_message(1, 'Failed to inialize job queue: ${err.msg()}')