diff --git a/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/bot/fuzzers/centipede/engine.py b/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/bot/fuzzers/centipede/engine.py
index 6804279838..6bac7e9a02 100644
--- a/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/bot/fuzzers/centipede/engine.py
+++ b/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/bot/fuzzers/centipede/engine.py
@@ -433,11 +433,10 @@ def reproduce(self, target_path, input_path, arguments, max_time):  # pylint: di
       rss_limit = constants.RSS_LIMIT_MB_DEFAULT
       if constants.RSS_LIMIT_MB_FLAGNAME in fuzzer_arguments:
         rss_limit = fuzzer_arguments[constants.RSS_LIMIT_MB_FLAGNAME]
-
-      timeout = constants.TIMEOUT_PER_INPUT_REPR_DEFAULT
-      if constants.TIMEOUT_PER_INPUT_FLAGNAME in fuzzer_arguments:
-        timeout = fuzzer_arguments[constants.TIMEOUT_PER_INPUT_FLAGNAME]
-
+      # Override fuzzer-defined timeouts to match libfuzzer's behavior in
+      # https://github.com/google/clusterfuzz/blob/d15a65e7753c6c6579f4b395c40e6d45a7bde262/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/bot/fuzzers/libfuzzer.py#L1255
+      test_timeout = environment.get_value('TEST_TIMEOUT', constants.TIMEOUT_PER_INPUT_REPR_DEFAULT)
+      timeout = max(1, test_timeout - 5)
       os.environ['CENTIPEDE_RUNNER_FLAGS'] = (
           f':{constants.RSS_LIMIT_MB_FLAGNAME}={rss_limit}'
           f':{constants.TIMEOUT_PER_INPUT_FLAGNAME}={timeout}:')