diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml
index dcbcee32c1..94691f1dc6 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ spec:
               - "{{ cronjob.threads }}"
               - "--global-timeout"
               - "{{ cronjob.timeout }}"
+{% if cronjob.host_timeout %}
               - "--host-timeout"
-              - "{{ cronjob.host_timeout | default('190') }}"
+              - "{{ cronjob.host_timeout }}"
+{% endif %}
               - "--category"
               - "{{ cronjob.category }}"
               - "--{{ cronjob.include_disabled | ternary('include', 'exclude') }}-disabled"
diff --git a/vars/apps/mirrormanager.yml b/vars/apps/mirrormanager.yml
index ae79cbb9d4..eb10d69f9e 100644
--- a/vars/apps/mirrormanager.yml
+++ b/vars/apps/mirrormanager.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ mirrormanager_cron_crawler:
     schedule: "0 2 * * *"
     threads: 20
     timeout: 720
-    # This can be a veeery long crawl per host
-    host_timeout: 600
+    ## This can be a veeery long crawl per host
+    #host_timeout: 600
     include_disabled: false
   # Other content
   - category: "Fedora Other"