diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 42ebe6b6..5bc1ad9d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1189,7 +1189,6 @@ Rolf Ahrenberg <Rolf.Ahrenberg@sci.fi>
  for reporting a problem with adding new source types in case they are already
  registered
  for adding support for "Pilot", "T2-System-Id" and "SISO/MISO" parameters
- for increasing the PMT_SCAN_TIMEOUT to avoid timeouts when scanning PMTs
  for fixing a problem with subtitles not being displayed because the broadcaster
  doesn't set the data's version numbers as required by the DVB standard
 
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 664d4ab1..757b68fa 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -8334,8 +8334,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - The new function cOsd::DrawScaledBitmap() is now used for drawing subtitles.
   This function can be reimplemented by high level OSDs which may be able to do
   the scaling in hardware or otherwise more efficiently (thanks to Thomas Reufer).
-- Increased the PMT_SCAN_TIMEOUT to avoid timeouts when scanning PMTs (thanks to
-  Rolf Ahrenberg).
 - Fixed detaching receivers from devices in case a CAM needs to receive the TS
   (reported by Dietmar Spingler).
 - Fixed resetting the receiver for EMM pids for CAMs that need to receive the TS