diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b16878..45829a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ C4:D3:8C:12:4C:57 MIBCS
 	1. linux/arm32v6
 	1. linux/arm32v7
 	1. linux/arm64v8
-1. Open `docker-compose.yml` (see below) and edit the environment to suit your configuration... 
+1. Open `docker-compose.yml` (see below) and edit the environment to suit your configuration...
 1. Stand up the container - `docker-compose up -d`
 
 ### docker-compose:
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ services:
     - MQTT_USERNAME=       # Username for MQTT server (comment out if not required)
     - MQTT_PASSWORD=       # Password for MQTT (comment out if not required)
     - MQTT_PORT=           # Defaults to 1883
-    - MQTT_TIMEOUT=30      # Defaults to 60
     - TIME_INTERVAL=30     # Time in sec between each query to the scale, to allow other applications to use the Bluetooth module. Defaults to 30
 
       # Auto-gender selection/config -- This is used to create the calculations such as BMI, Water/Bone Mass etc...
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ Under the `sensor` block, enter as many blocks as users configured in your envir
 
 ![Mi Scale](Screenshots/HA_Lovelace_Card_Details.png)
 
-## Acknowledgements: 
+## Acknowledgements:
 Thanks to @syssi (https://gist.github.com/syssi/4108a54877406dc231d95514e538bde9) and @prototux (https://github.com/wiecosystem/Bluetooth) for their initial code
 
-Special thanks to @ned-kelly (https://github.com/ned-kelly) for his help turning a "simple" python script into a fully fledge docker container
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+Special thanks to @ned-kelly (https://github.com/ned-kelly) for his help turning a "simple" python script into a fully fledge docker container
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b723a39..07a15a4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ services:
     - MQTT_USERNAME=      # Username for MQTT server (comment out if not required)
     - MQTT_PASSWORD=      # Password for MQTT (comment out if not required)
     - MQTT_PORT=1883      # Defaults to 1883
-    - MQTT_TIMEOUT=60     # Defaults to 60
     - TIME_INTERVAL=30     # Time in sec between each query to the scale, to allow other applications to use the Bluetooth module. Defaults to 30
 
       # Auto-gender selection/config -- This is used to create the calculations such as BMI, Water/Bone Mass etc...
diff --git a/src/Xiaomi_Scale.py b/src/Xiaomi_Scale.py
index 448869c..bc68183 100644
--- a/src/Xiaomi_Scale.py
+++ b/src/Xiaomi_Scale.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ MQTT_USERNAME = os.getenv('MQTT_USERNAME', 'username')
 MQTT_PASSWORD = os.getenv('MQTT_PASSWORD', None)
 MQTT_HOST = os.getenv('MQTT_HOST', '127.0.0.1')
 MQTT_PORT = int(os.getenv('MQTT_PORT', 1883))
-MQTT_TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv('MQTT_TIMEOUT', 60))
 MQTT_PREFIX = os.getenv('MQTT_PREFIX', 'miscale')
 TIME_INTERVAL = int(os.getenv('TIME_INTERVAL', 30))
 OLD_MEASURE = ''