diff --git a/src/async_impl/client.rs b/src/async_impl/client.rs
index 9a34f3fb6..095adf4d8 100644
--- a/src/async_impl/client.rs
+++ b/src/async_impl/client.rs
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ impl ClientBuilder {
             }
         }
 
-        #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
         builder.timer(hyper_util::rt::TokioTimer::new());
+        builder.pool_timer(hyper_util::rt::TokioTimer::new());
         builder.pool_idle_timeout(config.pool_idle_timeout);
         builder.pool_max_idle_per_host(config.pool_max_idle_per_host);
         connector.set_keepalive(config.tcp_keepalive);