diff --git a/data/yam/autoyast/autoyast_scc_up.xml b/data/yam/autoyast/autoyast_scc_up.xml
index 9027638575c6..895701f2a7a1 100644
--- a/data/yam/autoyast/autoyast_scc_up.xml
+++ b/data/yam/autoyast/autoyast_scc_up.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       <boot_mbr>true</boot_mbr>
       <boot_root>true</boot_root>
       <generic_mbr>false</generic_mbr>
-      <timeout config:type="integer">5</timeout>
+      <timeout config:type="integer">-1</timeout>
     </global>
     <loader_type>{{LOADER_TYPE}}</loader_type>
   </bootloader>