diff --git a/tests/subversion.nix b/tests/subversion.nix
index d8386a76a9f..075dc0e35a3 100644
--- a/tests/subversion.nix
+++ b/tests/subversion.nix
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ in
 
       # Stop Apache to gather all the coverage data.
       $webserver->stopJob("httpd");
-      $webserver->execute("sleep 10"); # !!!
     '';
 
 }