diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
index a318f65e8bd..35206c83adb 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
@@ -654,10 +654,6 @@ func (c *Reconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, pr *v1beta1.PipelineRun, get
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := c.processRunTimeouts(ctx, pr, pipelineRunState); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	// Reset the skipped status to trigger recalculation
 	pipelineRunFacts.ResetSkippedCache()
 
@@ -704,34 +700,6 @@ func (c *Reconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, pr *v1beta1.PipelineRun, get
 	return nil
 }
 
-// processRunTimeouts custom tasks are requested to cancel, if they have timed out. Since there is no guarantee that a
-// custom task reconciler has its own logic for timing out a Run, this needs to be handled by the PipelineRun reconciler.
-// Custom tasks can do any cleanup during this step.
-func (c *Reconciler) processRunTimeouts(ctx context.Context, pr *v1beta1.PipelineRun, pipelineState resources.PipelineRunState) error {
-	errs := []string{}
-	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx)
-	if pr.IsCancelled() {
-		return nil
-	}
-	for _, rpt := range pipelineState {
-		if rpt.IsCustomTask() {
-			if rpt.Run != nil && !rpt.Run.IsCancelled() && rpt.Run.HasTimedOut(c.Clock) && !rpt.Run.IsDone() {
-				logger.Infof("Cancelling run task: %s due to timeout.", rpt.RunName)
-				err := cancelRun(ctx, rpt.RunName, pr.Namespace, c.PipelineClientSet)
-				if err != nil {
-					errs = append(errs,
-						fmt.Errorf("failed to patch Run `%s` with cancellation: %s", rpt.RunName, err).Error())
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if len(errs) > 0 {
-		e := strings.Join(errs, "\n")
-		return fmt.Errorf("error(s) from processing cancel request for timed out Run(s) of PipelineRun %s: %s", pr.Name, e)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // runNextSchedulableTask gets the next schedulable Tasks from the dag based on the current
 // pipeline run state, and starts them
 // after all DAG tasks are done, it's responsible for scheduling final tasks and start executing them
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun_test.go
index a2782348ca8..41a22b2b004 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun_test.go
@@ -1634,17 +1634,9 @@ status:
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	want := []jsonpatch.JsonPatchOperation{{
-		Operation: "add",
-		Path:      "/spec/status",
-		Value:     "RunCancelled",
-	}, {
-		Operation: "add",
-		Path:      "/spec/statusMessage",
-		Value:     string(v1alpha1.RunCancelledByPipelineMsg),
-	}}
+	var want []jsonpatch.JsonPatchOperation
 	if d := cmp.Diff(got, want); d != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected cancel patch operation, but got a mismatch %s", diff.PrintWantGot(d))
+		t.Fatalf("Expected no operation, but got %v", got)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1718,6 +1710,7 @@ status:
   - status: Unknown
     type: Succeeded
   startTime: "2021-12-31T11:58:59Z"
+  creationTime: "2021-12-31T11:58:58Z"
 `)}
 
 			cms := []*corev1.ConfigMap{withCustomTasks(newFeatureFlagsConfigMap())}
@@ -1772,7 +1765,7 @@ status:
 			}, {
 				Operation: "add",
 				Path:      "/spec/statusMessage",
-				Value:     string(v1alpha1.RunCancelledByPipelineMsg),
+				Value:     string(v1alpha1.RunCancelledByPipelineTimeoutMsg),
 			}}
 			if d := cmp.Diff(got, want); d != "" {
 				t.Fatalf("Expected RunCancelled patch operation, but got a mismatch %s", diff.PrintWantGot(d))