diff --git a/xs_curl.h b/xs_curl.h
index 386fe8b..335c07a 100644
--- a/xs_curl.h
+++ b/xs_curl.h
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ d_char *xs_http_request(char *method, char *url, d_char *headers,
 
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
 
+#ifdef FORCE_TIMEOUT
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5L);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef FORCE_HTTP_1_1
     /* force HTTP/1.1 */
diff --git a/xs_version.h b/xs_version.h
index 4fe140e..e400777 100644
--- a/xs_version.h
+++ b/xs_version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/* 033e3f6bbc0823b534d8a5f6887f54576fde1b86 */
+/* ae969c59232f4907369f10b84796456388fcf109 */