diff --git a/amazonka.cabal b/amazonka.cabal
--- a/amazonka.cabal
+++ b/amazonka.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                  amazonka
-version:               0.3.4
+version:               0.3.5
 synopsis:              Comprehensive Amazon Web Services SDK
 homepage:              https://github.com/brendanhay/amazonka
 license:               OtherLicense
diff --git a/src/Network/AWS/EC2/Metadata.hs b/src/Network/AWS/EC2/Metadata.hs
--- a/src/Network/AWS/EC2/Metadata.hs
+++ b/src/Network/AWS/EC2/Metadata.hs
@@ -325,5 +325,5 @@
 request :: Manager -> Text -> IO ByteString
 request m url = do
     rq <- parseUrl (Text.unpack url)
-    rs <- httpLbs (rq { responseTimeout = Just 2 }) m
+    rs <- httpLbs rq m
     return . LBS.toStrict $ responseBody rs