diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d2ef02e3b94bb2e31546bc4c39e49a5ae76452dc..80306c4093e49963b5fc87f828ef82dd86400e93 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ test_monet:
         - wget --quiet -O - https://www.monetdb.org/downloads/MonetDB-GPG-KEY | apt-key add -
         - apt-get update -q -y
         - apt-get install -y monetdb-client
-        - sleep 1000
         - ./usql-manager/manager.sh monet create ./data/
         - ./usql-manager/manager.sh monet fixture ./data/
     tags: