diff --git a/lib/jsonwp-proxy/proxy.js b/lib/jsonwp-proxy/proxy.js
index 9dfee7bc8..019495cbd 100644
--- a/lib/jsonwp-proxy/proxy.js
+++ b/lib/jsonwp-proxy/proxy.js
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ class JWProxy {
     });
     this.scheme = this.scheme.toLowerCase();
     this._activeRequests = [];
-    this._reqCancelSource = axios.CancelToken.source();
     this._downstreamProtocol = null;
     const agentOpts = {
       keepAlive: opts.keepAlive ?? true,
-      maxSockets: 30,
-      maxFreeSockets: 10,
+      maxSockets: 10,
+      maxFreeSockets: 5,
       timeout: 60000,
     };
     this.httpAgent = new http.Agent(agentOpts);
@@ -73,11 +72,7 @@ class JWProxy {
   }
 
   cancelActiveRequests () {
-    try {
-      this._reqCancelSource.cancel('The request has been canceled');
-    } finally {
-      this._activeRequests = [];
-    }
+    this._activeRequests = [];
   }
 
   endpointRequiresSessionId (endpoint) {
@@ -159,7 +154,6 @@ class JWProxy {
       timeout: this.timeout,
       httpAgent: this.httpAgent,
       httpsAgent: this.httpsAgent,
-      cancelToken: this._reqCancelSource.token,
     };
     // GET methods shouldn't have any body. Most servers are OK with this, but WebDriverAgent throws 400 errors
     if (util.hasValue(body) && method !== 'GET') {