diff --git a/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/FlowConfig.java b/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/FlowConfig.java
index 0819ada0e..4c7e771af 100644
--- a/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/FlowConfig.java
+++ b/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/FlowConfig.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ private FlowConfig() {
 
     public static final String EXTERNAL_EVENT_MESSAGE_RESEND_WINDOW = "event.messageResendWindow";
     public static final String EXTERNAL_EVENT_MAX_RETRIES = "event.maxRetries";
-    public static final String EXTERNAL_EVENT_TRANSIENT_ERROR_TIMEOUT = "event.transientErrorRetryTimeout";
     public static final String SESSION_TIMEOUT_WINDOW = "session.timeout";
     public static final String SESSION_P2P_TTL = "session.p2pTTL";
     public static final String SESSION_FLOW_CLEANUP_TIME = "session.cleanupTime";
diff --git a/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/flow/1.0/corda.flow.json b/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/flow/1.0/corda.flow.json
index dc47a7cae..916d6339a 100644
--- a/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/flow/1.0/corda.flow.json
+++ b/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/flow/1.0/corda.flow.json
@@ -126,18 +126,11 @@
           "default": 60000
         },
         "maxRetries": {
-          "description": "The maximum number of times Corda retries a request before returning an exception for error cases other than transient errors.",
+          "description": "The maximum number of times Corda retries a request before returning an exception for error cases other than transient errors. Transient errors will be retied ",
           "type": "integer",
           "minimum": 0,
           "maximum": 2147483647,
           "default": 5
-        },
-        "transientErrorRetryTimeout": {
-          "description": "The length of time in milliseconds the flow engine will allow an inter-worker RPC call to return transient errors before marking the flow as failed.",
-          "type": "integer",
-          "minimum": 1000,
-          "maximum": 2147483647,
-          "default": 1200000
         }
       },
       "additionalProperties": false