diff --git a/hummingbot/core/utils/trading_pair_fetcher.py b/hummingbot/core/utils/trading_pair_fetcher.py
index ae79aefe9a..1da79fa514 100644
--- a/hummingbot/core/utils/trading_pair_fetcher.py
+++ b/hummingbot/core/utils/trading_pair_fetcher.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
     Any,
     Optional,
 )
+from hummingbot.core.utils.async_utils import safe_gather
 from hummingbot.logger import HummingbotLogger
 from hummingbot.client.settings import CONNECTOR_SETTINGS, ConnectorType
 import logging
 import asyncio
-import requests
 
 from .async_utils import safe_ensure_future
 
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ def __init__(self):
         safe_ensure_future(self.fetch_all())
 
     async def fetch_all(self):
+        tasks = []
+        fetched_connectors = []
         for conn_setting in CONNECTOR_SETTINGS.values():
             module_name = f"{conn_setting.base_name()}_connector" if conn_setting.type is ConnectorType.Connector \
                 else f"{conn_setting.base_name()}_api_order_book_data_source"
@@ -46,8 +48,8 @@ async def fetch_all(self):
             module = getattr(importlib.import_module(module_path), class_name)
             args = {}
             args = conn_setting.add_domain_parameter(args)
-            safe_ensure_future(self.call_fetch_pairs(module.fetch_trading_pairs(**args), conn_setting.name))
-
+            tasks.append(asyncio.wait_for(asyncio.shield(module.fetch_trading_pairs(**args)), timeout=3))
+            fetched_connectors.append(conn_setting.name)
 
         results = await safe_gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
         self.trading_pairs = dict(zip(fetched_connectors, results))
@@ -55,5 +57,4 @@ async def fetch_all(self):
         for connector, result in self.trading_pairs.items():
             if isinstance(result, asyncio.TimeoutError):
                 self.trading_pairs[connector] = []
-
-        self.ready = True
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+        self.ready = True