diff --git a/internal/consensus/state_test.go b/internal/consensus/state_test.go
index f770d4998..200d792c4 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/state_test.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/state_test.go
@@ -2482,7 +2482,6 @@ func TestWaitingTimeoutProposeOnNewRound(t *testing.T) {
 
 	round++ // moving to the next round
 	ensureNewRound(t, newRoundCh, height, round)
-	time.Sleep(1000 * time.Millisecond)
 	rs := cs1.GetRoundState()
 	assert.Equal(t, rs.Step, cstypes.RoundStepPropose) // P0 does not prevote before timeoutPropose expires