diff --git a/internal/extsvc/types.go b/internal/extsvc/types.go
index a52f65ac292..3fa21c26738 100644
--- a/internal/extsvc/types.go
+++ b/internal/extsvc/types.go
@@ -436,14 +436,20 @@ func GetLimitFromConfig(kind string, config interface{}) (rate.Limit, error) {
 			limit = limitOrInf(c.RateLimit.Enabled, c.RateLimit.RequestsPerHour)
 		}
 	case *schema.NpmPackagesConnection:
-		// 3000 per hour is the same default we use in our schema
-		limit = rate.Limit(3000.0 / 3600.0)
+		// Unlike the GitHub or GitLab APIs, the public npm registry (i.e. https://registry.npmjs.org)
+		// doesn't document an enforced req/s rate limit AND we do a lot more individual
+		// requests in comparison since they don't offer enough batch APIs. For private registries,
+		// site-admins can manually configure their desired rate limits if needed.
+		limit = rate.Inf
 		if c != nil && c.RateLimit != nil {
 			limit = limitOrInf(c.RateLimit.Enabled, c.RateLimit.RequestsPerHour)
 		}
 	case *schema.GoModulesConnection:
-		// 3000 per hour is the same default we use in our schema
-		limit = rate.Limit(3000.0 / 3600.0)
+		// Unlike the GitHub or GitLab APIs, the public npm registry (i.e. https://proxy.golang.org)
+		// doesn't document an enforced req/s rate limit AND we do a lot more individual
+		// requests in comparison since they don't offer enough batch APIs. For private proxies,
+		// site-admins can manually configure their desired rate limits if needed.
+		limit = rate.Inf
 		if c != nil && c.RateLimit != nil {
 			limit = limitOrInf(c.RateLimit.Enabled, c.RateLimit.RequestsPerHour)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/extsvc/types_test.go b/internal/extsvc/types_test.go
index 141f96a992d..6783dbcfcca 100644
--- a/internal/extsvc/types_test.go
+++ b/internal/extsvc/types_test.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestExtractRateLimitConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			name:   "NPM default",
 			config: `{"registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org"}`,
 			kind:   KindNpmPackages,
-			want:   3000.0 / 3600.0,
+			want:   rate.Inf,
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "NPM non-default",
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestExtractRateLimitConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			name:   "Go mod default",
 			config: `{"urls": ["https://example.com"]}`,
 			kind:   KindGoModules,
-			want:   3000.0 / 3600.0,
+			want:   rate.Inf,
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "Go mod non-default",
diff --git a/schema/go-modules.schema.json b/schema/go-modules.schema.json
index 0cf10538e22..59adab9c81f 100644
--- a/schema/go-modules.schema.json
+++ b/schema/go-modules.schema.json
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
         "requestsPerHour": {
           "description": "Requests per hour permitted. This is an average, calculated per second. Internally, the burst limit is set to 100, which implies that for a requests per hour limit as low as 1, users will continue to be able to send a maximum of 100 requests immediately, provided that the complexity cost of each request is 1.",
           "type": "number",
-          "default": 3000,
+          "default": 57600,
           "minimum": 0
         }
       },
       "default": {
         "enabled": true,
-        "requestsPerHour": 3000
+        "requestsPerHour": 57600
       }
     },
     "dependencies": {
diff --git a/schema/npm-packages.schema.json b/schema/npm-packages.schema.json
index bc7653a016b..37ee9914e72 100644
--- a/schema/npm-packages.schema.json
+++ b/schema/npm-packages.schema.json
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
         "requestsPerHour": {
           "description": "Requests per hour permitted. This is an average, calculated per second. Internally, the burst limit is set to 100, which implies that for a requests per hour limit as low as 1, users will continue to be able to send a maximum of 100 requests immediately, provided that the complexity cost of each request is 1.",
           "type": "number",
-          "default": 3000,
+          "default": 57600,
           "minimum": 0
         }
       },
       "default": {
         "enabled": true,
-        "requestsPerHour": 3000
+        "requestsPerHour": 57600
       }
     },
     "dependencies": {