diff --git a/src/gam/transport.py b/src/gam/transport.py
index 3cc257f5..bd572814 100644
--- a/src/gam/transport.py
+++ b/src/gam/transport.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from gam.var import GC_TLS_MIN_VERSION
 from gam.var import GC_Values
 
 # Bump default retries
-httplib2.RETRIES = 5
+#httplib2.RETRIES = 5
 
 def create_http(cache=None,
                 timeout=None,