diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationTest.java
index d9d8e407e..a1f842e8c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationTest.java
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ public class TCPSocketReplicationTest {
         assertEquals(map1, map2);
         assertTrue(!map1.isEmpty());
 
-        Thread.sleep(9999999);
     }
 
     @Test