diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/characterEncoding.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/characterEncoding.js
index 3080425ec..300cf2d17 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/characterEncoding.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/characterEncoding.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('Connectivity For Character Encoding', function () {
     it('can connect', function (done) {
-      this.timeout(250);
       agent.get('/api/')
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
           .expect(200, done);
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
   });
 
   describe('API Versioning', function () {
-    this.timeout(150);
     it('finds the version tag', function (done) {
       agent.get('/api/')
           .expect((res) => {
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('Permission', function () {
     it('errors with invalid APIKey', function (done) {
-      this.timeout(150);
       // This is broken because Etherpad doesn't handle HTTP codes properly see #2343
       // If your APIKey is password you deserve to fail all tests anyway
       const permErrorURL = `/api/${apiVersion}/createPad?apikey=password&padID=test`;
@@ -54,7 +51,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('createPad', function () {
     it('creates a new Pad', function (done) {
-      this.timeout(150);
       agent.get(`${endPoint('createPad')}&padID=${testPadId}`)
           .expect((res) => {
             if (res.body.code !== 0) throw new Error('Unable to create new Pad');
@@ -66,7 +62,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('setHTML', function () {
     it('Sets the HTML of a Pad attempting to weird utf8 encoded content', function (done) {
-      this.timeout(1000);
       fs.readFile('tests/backend/specs/api/emojis.html', 'utf8', (err, html) => {
         agent.post(endPoint('setHTML'))
             .send({
@@ -84,7 +79,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('getHTML', function () {
     it('get the HTML of Pad with emojis', function (done) {
-      this.timeout(400);
       agent.get(`${endPoint('getHTML')}&padID=${testPadId}`)
           .expect((res) => {
             if (res.body.data.html.indexOf('&#127484') === -1) {
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/instance.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/instance.js
index 64a9ea5e0..f0180e203 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/instance.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/instance.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('Connectivity for instance-level API tests', function () {
     it('can connect', function (done) {
-      this.timeout(150);
       agent.get('/api/')
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
           .expect(200, done);
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('getStats', function () {
     it('Gets the stats of a running instance', function (done) {
-      this.timeout(100);
       agent.get(endPoint('getStats'))
           .expect((res) => {
             if (res.body.code !== 0) throw new Error('getStats() failed');
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/sessionsAndGroups.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/sessionsAndGroups.js
index 238353d0d..83fdac698 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/sessionsAndGroups.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/sessionsAndGroups.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('API Versioning', function () {
     it('errors if can not connect', async function () {
-      this.timeout(200);
       await agent.get('/api/')
           .expect(200)
           .expect((res) => {
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('API: Group creation and deletion', function () {
     it('createGroup', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(endPoint('createGroup'))
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('listSessionsOfGroup for empty group', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('listSessionsOfGroup')}&groupID=${groupID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -83,7 +80,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('deleteGroup', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('deleteGroup')}&groupID=${groupID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -93,7 +89,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('createGroupIfNotExistsFor', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('createGroupIfNotExistsFor')}&groupMapper=management`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -106,7 +101,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     // Test coverage for https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/4227
     // Creates a group, creates 2 sessions, 2 pads and then deletes the group.
     it('createGroup', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(endPoint('createGroup'))
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -118,7 +112,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('createAuthor', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(endPoint('createAuthor'))
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -130,7 +123,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('createSession', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('createSession')}&authorID=${authorID}&groupID=${groupID}` +
                       '&validUntil=999999999999')
           .expect(200)
@@ -143,7 +135,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('createSession', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('createSession')}&authorID=${authorID}&groupID=${groupID}` +
                       '&validUntil=999999999999')
           .expect(200)
@@ -156,7 +147,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('createGroupPad', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('createGroupPad')}&groupID=${groupID}&padName=x1234567`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -166,7 +156,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('createGroupPad', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('createGroupPad')}&groupID=${groupID}&padName=x12345678`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -176,7 +165,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('deleteGroup', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('deleteGroup')}&groupID=${groupID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -189,7 +177,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('API: Author creation', function () {
     it('createGroup', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(endPoint('createGroup'))
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -201,7 +188,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('createAuthor', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(endPoint('createAuthor'))
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -212,7 +198,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('createAuthor with name', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('createAuthor')}&name=john`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -224,7 +209,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('createAuthorIfNotExistsFor', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('createAuthorIfNotExistsFor')}&authorMapper=chris`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -235,7 +219,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('getAuthorName', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('getAuthorName')}&authorID=${authorID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -248,7 +231,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('API: Sessions', function () {
     it('createSession', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('createSession')}&authorID=${authorID}&groupID=${groupID}` +
                       '&validUntil=999999999999')
           .expect(200)
@@ -261,7 +243,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('getSessionInfo', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('getSessionInfo')}&sessionID=${sessionID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -274,7 +255,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('listSessionsOfGroup', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('listSessionsOfGroup')}&groupID=${groupID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -285,7 +265,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('deleteSession', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('deleteSession')}&sessionID=${sessionID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -295,7 +274,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('getSessionInfo of deleted session', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('getSessionInfo')}&sessionID=${sessionID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -307,7 +285,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('API: Group pad management', function () {
     it('listPads', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('listPads')}&groupID=${groupID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -318,7 +295,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('createGroupPad', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('createGroupPad')}&groupID=${groupID}&padName=${padID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -329,7 +305,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('listPads after creating a group pad', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('listPads')}&groupID=${groupID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -342,7 +317,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('API: Pad security', function () {
     it('getPublicStatus', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('getPublicStatus')}&padID=${padID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -353,7 +327,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('setPublicStatus', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('setPublicStatus')}&padID=${padID}&publicStatus=true`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -363,7 +336,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
 
     it('getPublicStatus after changing public status', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('getPublicStatus')}&padID=${padID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -380,7 +352,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('API: Misc', function () {
     it('listPadsOfAuthor', async function () {
-      this.timeout(100);
       await agent.get(`${endPoint('listPadsOfAuthor')}&authorID=${authorID}`)
           .expect(200)
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/)