diff --git a/lib/ProxySQL_Cluster.cpp b/lib/ProxySQL_Cluster.cpp
index 8847e74ca..fc94a74cd 100644
--- a/lib/ProxySQL_Cluster.cpp
+++ b/lib/ProxySQL_Cluster.cpp
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ void * ProxySQL_Cluster_Monitor_thread(void *args) {
 				}
 			}
 			mysql_options(conn, MYSQL_OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, &timeout);
-			mysql_options(conn, MYSQL_OPT_READ_TIMEOUT, &timeout_long);
-			mysql_options(conn, MYSQL_OPT_WRITE_TIMEOUT, &timeout);
+			//mysql_options(conn, MYSQL_OPT_READ_TIMEOUT, &timeout_long);
+			//mysql_options(conn, MYSQL_OPT_WRITE_TIMEOUT, &timeout);
 			{ unsigned char val = 1; mysql_options(conn, MYSQL_OPT_SSL_ENFORCE, &val); }
 			//rc_conn = mysql_real_connect(conn, node->hostname, username, password, NULL, node->port, NULL, CLIENT_COMPRESS); // FIXME: add optional support for compression
 			rc_conn = mysql_real_connect(conn, node->hostname, username, password, NULL, node->port, NULL, 0);