diff --git a/tools/internal_ci/linux/pull_request/grpc_bazel_rbe_nonbazel.cfg b/tools/internal_ci/linux/pull_request/grpc_bazel_rbe_nonbazel.cfg
index ebc8cbc90fa..ba48f7e00b4 100644
--- a/tools/internal_ci/linux/pull_request/grpc_bazel_rbe_nonbazel.cfg
+++ b/tools/internal_ci/linux/pull_request/grpc_bazel_rbe_nonbazel.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 # Location of the continuous shell script in repository.
 build_file: "grpc/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_bazel_rbe.sh"
-timeout_mins: 180
+timeout_mins: 90
 action {
   define_artifacts {
     regex: "**/*sponge_log.*"
diff --git a/tools/remote_build/include/rbe_remote_execution.bazelrc b/tools/remote_build/include/rbe_remote_execution.bazelrc
index 4fbee75296a..308e1f9cccc 100644
--- a/tools/remote_build/include/rbe_remote_execution.bazelrc
+++ b/tools/remote_build/include/rbe_remote_execution.bazelrc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import %workspace%/tools/remote_build/include/rbe_base_config.bazelrc
 build --remote_executor=grpcs://remotebuildexecution.googleapis.com
 
 # Very large value to avoid problems like https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/20777
-build --remote_timeout=10800
+build --remote_timeout=7200
 
 # In the remote execution environment, each test gets its own docker containers
 # and port server won't be available.