diff --git a/services/project-history/app/js/HistoryStoreManager.js b/services/project-history/app/js/HistoryStoreManager.js
index 2960e3c8b9..9686840b9e 100644
--- a/services/project-history/app/js/HistoryStoreManager.js
+++ b/services/project-history/app/js/HistoryStoreManager.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import * as LocalFileWriter from './LocalFileWriter.js'
 import * as HashManager from './HashManager.js'
 import * as HistoryBlobTranslator from './HistoryBlobTranslator.js'
 
-const HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = Settings.apis.history_v1.requestTimeout
+const HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = Settings.overleaf.history.requestTimeout
 
 /**
  * Container for functions that need to be mocked in tests
diff --git a/services/project-history/config/settings.defaults.cjs b/services/project-history/config/settings.defaults.cjs
index dd8855a806..97dc574f02 100644
--- a/services/project-history/config/settings.defaults.cjs
+++ b/services/project-history/config/settings.defaults.cjs
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ module.exports = {
     filestore: {
       url: `http://${process.env.FILESTORE_HOST || '127.0.0.1'}:3009`,
     },
-    history_v1: {
-      requestTimeout: parseInt(process.env.V1_REQUEST_TIMEOUT || '300000', 10),
-    },
     web: {
       url: `http://${
         process.env.WEB_API_HOST || process.env.WEB_HOST || '127.0.0.1'
@@ -90,6 +87,7 @@ module.exports = {
         retries_max: 30,
         interval: 2,
       },
+      requestTimeout: parseInt(process.env.V1_REQUEST_TIMEOUT || '300000', 10),
     },
   },
 
diff --git a/services/project-history/test/unit/js/HistoryStoreManager/HistoryStoreManagerTests.js b/services/project-history/test/unit/js/HistoryStoreManager/HistoryStoreManagerTests.js
index b52c7dd13d..b6c79b7787 100644
--- a/services/project-history/test/unit/js/HistoryStoreManager/HistoryStoreManagerTests.js
+++ b/services/project-history/test/unit/js/HistoryStoreManager/HistoryStoreManagerTests.js
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ describe('HistoryStoreManager', function () {
           host: 'http://example.com',
           user: 'overleaf',
           pass: 'password',
+          requestTimeout: 123,
         },
       },
       apis: {
         filestore: {
           url: 'http://filestore.overleaf.production',
         },
-        history_v1: { requestTimeout: 123 },
       },
     }
     this.latestChunkRequestArgs = sinon.match({