diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/1362-relax-timeout-check-in-MsgTransfer-conversions.md b/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/1362-relax-timeout-check-in-MsgTransfer-conversions.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2fa072f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/1362-relax-timeout-check-in-MsgTransfer-conversions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- [ibc-apps] Relax timeout check during `MsgTransfer` proto to domain
+  conversions ([#1362](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-rs/issues/1362)).
diff --git a/ibc-apps/ics20-transfer/types/src/msgs/transfer.rs b/ibc-apps/ics20-transfer/types/src/msgs/transfer.rs
index a337b2b512..4f822b5a65 100644
--- a/ibc-apps/ics20-transfer/types/src/msgs/transfer.rs
+++ b/ibc-apps/ics20-transfer/types/src/msgs/transfer.rs
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ impl TryFrom<RawMsgTransfer> for MsgTransfer {
         let timeout_height_on_b: TimeoutHeight = raw_msg.timeout_height.try_into()?;
         let timeout_timestamp_on_b: TimeoutTimestamp = raw_msg.timeout_timestamp.into();
 
-        // Packet timeout height and packet timeout timestamp cannot both be unset.
-        if !timeout_height_on_b.is_set() && !timeout_timestamp_on_b.is_set() {
-            return Err(DecodingError::missing_raw_data(
-                "msg transfer timeout height or timeout timestamp",
-            ));
-        }
-
         Ok(MsgTransfer {
             port_id_on_a: raw_msg.source_port.parse()?,
             chan_id_on_a: raw_msg.source_channel.parse()?,
diff --git a/ibc-apps/ics721-nft-transfer/types/src/msgs/transfer.rs b/ibc-apps/ics721-nft-transfer/types/src/msgs/transfer.rs
index 97fa5b415d..0ced7dbacf 100644
--- a/ibc-apps/ics721-nft-transfer/types/src/msgs/transfer.rs
+++ b/ibc-apps/ics721-nft-transfer/types/src/msgs/transfer.rs
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ impl TryFrom<RawMsgTransfer> for MsgTransfer {
         let timeout_height_on_b: TimeoutHeight = raw_msg.timeout_height.try_into()?;
         let timeout_timestamp_on_b: TimeoutTimestamp = raw_msg.timeout_timestamp.into();
 
-        // Packet timeout height and packet timeout timestamp cannot both be unset.
-        if !timeout_height_on_b.is_set() && !timeout_timestamp_on_b.is_set() {
-            return Err(DecodingError::missing_raw_data(
-                "missing timeout height or timeout timestamp",
-            ));
-        }
-
         let memo = if raw_msg.memo.is_empty() {
             None
         } else {