diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/electron/electron.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/electron/electron.ts
index 07369d5991..90f90aad07 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/electron/electron.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/electron/electron.ts
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export class Electron extends SdkObject {
       app = new ElectronApplication(this, browser, nodeConnection, launchedProcess);
       await app.initialize();
       return app;
-    }, TimeoutSettings.timeout(options));
+    }, TimeoutSettings.launchTimeout(options));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
index 301ae79cfa..a5b56be61e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ const playwrightFixtures: Fixtures<TestFixtures, WorkerFixtures> = ({
   _browserOptions: [async ({ playwright, headless, channel, launchOptions, connectOptions, _artifactsDir }, use) => {
     const options: LaunchOptions = {
       handleSIGINT: false,
-      timeout: 0,
       ...launchOptions,
     };
     if (headless !== undefined)