diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8952236d0..3c1c1dcb4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Current Master
 
 - Fix bug that prevented updating custom token details.
+- No longer mark long-pending transactions as failed, since we now have button to retry with higher gas.
 
 ## 3.13.3 2017-12-14
 
diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
index 8a193849a..7f3130540 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     this.pendingTxTracker = new PendingTransactionTracker({
       provider: this.provider,
       nonceTracker: this.nonceTracker,
-      retryTimePeriod: 86400000, // Retry 3500 blocks, or about 1 day.
       publishTransaction: (rawTx) => this.query.sendRawTransaction(rawTx),
       getPendingTransactions: this.txStateManager.getPendingTransactions.bind(this.txStateManager),
       getCompletedTransactions: this.txStateManager.getConfirmedTransactions.bind(this.txStateManager),
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js b/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js
index dc6e526fd..7956a3329 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ module.exports = class PendingTransactionTracker extends EventEmitter {
     this.query = new EthQuery(config.provider)
     this.nonceTracker = config.nonceTracker
     // default is one day
-    this.retryTimePeriod = config.retryTimePeriod || 86400000
     this.getPendingTransactions = config.getPendingTransactions
     this.getCompletedTransactions = config.getCompletedTransactions
     this.publishTransaction = config.publishTransaction
@@ -106,12 +105,6 @@ module.exports = class PendingTransactionTracker extends EventEmitter {
       this.emit('tx:block-update', txMeta, latestBlockNumber)
     }
 
-    if (Date.now() > txMeta.time + this.retryTimePeriod) {
-      const hours = (this.retryTimePeriod / 3.6e+6).toFixed(1)
-      const err = new Error(`Gave up submitting after ${hours} hours.`)
-      return this.emit('tx:failed', txMeta.id, err)
-    }
-
     const firstRetryBlockNumber = txMeta.firstRetryBlockNumber || latestBlockNumber
     const txBlockDistance = Number.parseInt(latestBlockNumber, 16) - Number.parseInt(firstRetryBlockNumber, 16)