diff --git a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_waitable.cpp b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_waitable.cpp
index 3fe49e2633..19ac24c8b2 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_waitable.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_waitable.cpp
@@ -78,11 +78,6 @@ TestWaitable::execute(const std::shared_ptr<void> &)
   count_++;
   if (nullptr != on_execute_callback_) {
     on_execute_callback_();
-  } else {
-    // TODO(wjwwood): I don't know why this was here, but probably it should
-    //   not be there, or test cases where that is important should use the
-    //   on_execute_callback?
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(3ms);
   }
 }