diff --git a/lib/bandit/http1/socket.ex b/lib/bandit/http1/socket.ex
index 9157aade..3a5996ad 100644
--- a/lib/bandit/http1/socket.ex
+++ b/lib/bandit/http1/socket.ex
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ defmodule Bandit.HTTP1.Socket do
     defp read_available_for_header!(socket) do
       case ThousandIsland.Socket.recv(socket, 0) do
         {:ok, chunk} -> chunk
-        {:error, :timeout} -> request_error!("Header read timeout", :request_timeout)
         {:error, reason} -> socket_error!(reason)
       end
     end
diff --git a/test/bandit/http1/plug_test.exs b/test/bandit/http1/plug_test.exs
index 6f9c6110..721de7ab 100644
--- a/test/bandit/http1/plug_test.exs
+++ b/test/bandit/http1/plug_test.exs
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ defmodule HTTP1PlugTest do
           plug: {__MODULE__, []},
           connection_telemetry_span_context: reference(),
           telemetry_span_context: reference(),
-          error: "Header read timeout"
+          error: "Unrecoverable error: timeout"
         }
       )
     end