diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Core/HubConnection.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Core/HubConnection.cs
index fb371fcb25..7a5c02da93 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Core/HubConnection.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Core/HubConnection.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client
         public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultServerTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30); // Server ping rate is 15 sec, this is 2 times that.
         public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultHandshakeTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
         public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultPingInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
-        public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultTickRate = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
 
         // This lock protects the connection state.
         private readonly SemaphoreSlim _connectionLock = new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1);
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client
         public event Func<Exception, Task> Closed;
 
         // internal for testing purposes
-        internal TimeSpan TickRate { get; set; } = DefaultTickRate;
+        internal TimeSpan TickRate { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the server timeout interval for the connection. 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/HubConnectionTests.Protocol.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/HubConnectionTests.Protocol.cs
index 3a4d78ac45..c1603c55ff 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/HubConnectionTests.Protocol.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/HubConnectionTests.Protocol.cs
@@ -580,10 +580,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests
                 {
                     await hubConnection.StartAsync().OrTimeout();
 
-                    var firstPing = await connection.ReadSentTextMessageAsync().OrTimeout(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200));
+                    var firstPing = await connection.ReadSentTextMessageAsync().OrTimeout();
                     Assert.Equal("{\"type\":6}", firstPing);
 
-                    var secondPing = await connection.ReadSentTextMessageAsync().OrTimeout(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200));
+                    var secondPing = await connection.ReadSentTextMessageAsync().OrTimeout();
                     Assert.Equal("{\"type\":6}", secondPing);
                 }
                 finally