diff --git a/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/docs/integration.md b/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/docs/integration.md
index e27f2ba3..15903821 100644
--- a/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/docs/integration.md
+++ b/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/docs/integration.md
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ transferStack = packetforward.NewIBCMiddleware(
 	app.PacketForwardKeeper,
 	0, // retries on timeout
 	packetforwardkeeper.DefaultForwardTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp, // forward timeout
-	packetforwardkeeper.DefaultRefundTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp, // refund timeout
 )
 
 // Add transfer stack to IBC Router
diff --git a/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/packetforward/ibc_middleware.go b/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/packetforward/ibc_middleware.go
index b54e91b2..c10f6de2 100644
--- a/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/packetforward/ibc_middleware.go
+++ b/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/packetforward/ibc_middleware.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ type IBCMiddleware struct {
 
 	retriesOnTimeout uint8
 	forwardTimeout   time.Duration
-	refundTimeout    time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewIBCMiddleware creates a new IBCMiddleware given the keeper and underlying application.
@@ -44,14 +43,12 @@ func NewIBCMiddleware(
 	k *keeper.Keeper,
 	retriesOnTimeout uint8,
 	forwardTimeout time.Duration,
-	refundTimeout time.Duration,
 ) IBCMiddleware {
 	return IBCMiddleware{
 		app:              app,
 		keeper:           k,
 		retriesOnTimeout: retriesOnTimeout,
 		forwardTimeout:   forwardTimeout,
-		refundTimeout:    refundTimeout,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/packetforward/keeper/keeper.go b/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/packetforward/keeper/keeper.go
index 16c01ec9..687e3af0 100644
--- a/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/packetforward/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/packetforward/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ var (
 
 	// DefaultForwardTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp is the timeout timestamp following IBC defaults
 	DefaultForwardTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp = time.Duration(transfertypes.DefaultRelativePacketTimeoutTimestamp) * time.Nanosecond
-
-	// DefaultRefundTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp is a 28-day timeout for refund packets since funds are stuck in packetforward module otherwise.
-	DefaultRefundTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp = 28 * 24 * time.Hour
 )
 
 // Keeper defines the packet forward middleware keeper
diff --git a/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/test/setup.go b/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/test/setup.go
index 9534c4cb..6c525b0e 100644
--- a/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/test/setup.go
+++ b/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/test/setup.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func NewTestSetup(t *testing.T, ctl *gomock.Controller) *Setup {
 			ICS4WrapperMock:        ics4WrapperMock,
 		},
 
-		ForwardMiddleware: initializer.forwardMiddleware(ibcModuleMock, packetforwardKeeper, 0, keeper.DefaultForwardTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp, keeper.DefaultRefundTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp),
+		ForwardMiddleware: initializer.forwardMiddleware(ibcModuleMock, packetforwardKeeper, 0, keeper.DefaultForwardTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -158,6 +158,6 @@ func (i initializer) packetforwardKeeper(
 	return packetforwardKeeper
 }
 
-func (i initializer) forwardMiddleware(app porttypes.IBCModule, k *keeper.Keeper, retriesOnTimeout uint8, forwardTimeout time.Duration, refundTimeout time.Duration) packetforward.IBCMiddleware {
-	return packetforward.NewIBCMiddleware(app, k, retriesOnTimeout, forwardTimeout, refundTimeout)
+func (i initializer) forwardMiddleware(app porttypes.IBCModule, k *keeper.Keeper, retriesOnTimeout uint8, forwardTimeout time.Duration) packetforward.IBCMiddleware {
+	return packetforward.NewIBCMiddleware(app, k, retriesOnTimeout, forwardTimeout)
 }
diff --git a/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/testing/simapp/app.go b/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/testing/simapp/app.go
index 7f4fde5c..fb584d47 100644
--- a/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/testing/simapp/app.go
+++ b/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/testing/simapp/app.go
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@ func NewSimApp(
 		app.PacketForwardKeeper,
 		0, // retries on timeout
 		packetforwardkeeper.DefaultForwardTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp, // forward timeout
-		packetforwardkeeper.DefaultRefundTransferPacketTimeoutTimestamp,  // refund timeout
 	)
 
 	if os.Getenv("NON_REFUNDABLE_TEST") != "" {