diff --git a/test/ruby/test_process.rb b/test/ruby/test_process.rb
index 049446334e..6616955502 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_process.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_process.rb
@@ -1588,8 +1588,6 @@ class TestProcess < Test::Unit::TestCase
 	sleep
 EOS
       begin
-        sleep 0.1
-
         # test Process.getsid() w/o arg
         assert_equal(Marshal.load(io), Process.getsid)