diff --git a/userspace/marsadm b/userspace/marsadm
index dcea485e..0d87b351 100755
--- a/userspace/marsadm
+++ b/userspace/marsadm
@@ -2003,7 +2003,6 @@ print "deleted: $deleted / $delete_nr\n";
     lprint "waiting for deletions to apply locally....\n";
     sleep_timeout();
   }
-  sleep(3);
 }
 
 sub delete_file_cmd {