diff --git a/test/parameters.json b/test/parameters.json
index 9ca7d2ca9a..8544f1ab29 100644
--- a/test/parameters.json
+++ b/test/parameters.json
@@ -44,6 +44,5 @@
     "writesubtitles": false,
     "allsubtitles": false,
     "listsubtitles": false,
-    "socket_timeout": 20,
     "fixup": "never"
 }
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index cf97ff21cf..50cb11d494 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -3347,7 +3347,7 @@ def python_implementation():
 
     def _setup_opener(self):
         timeout_val = self.params.get('socket_timeout')
-        self._socket_timeout = 600 if timeout_val is None else float(timeout_val)
+        self._socket_timeout = 20 if timeout_val is None else float(timeout_val)
 
         opts_cookiesfrombrowser = self.params.get('cookiesfrombrowser')
         opts_cookiefile = self.params.get('cookiefile')