diff --git a/apisix/plugins/log-rotate.lua b/apisix/plugins/log-rotate.lua
index b9b02b5811d6..60b1e3ddb547 100644
--- a/apisix/plugins/log-rotate.lua
+++ b/apisix/plugins/log-rotate.lua
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ local INTERVAL = 60 * 60    -- rotate interval (unit: second)
 local MAX_KEPT = 24 * 7     -- max number of log files will be kept
 local MAX_SIZE = -1         -- max size of file will be rotated
 local COMPRESSION_FILE_SUFFIX = ".tar.gz" -- compression file suffix
-local WAIT_TIME_BEFORE_COMPRESS = 0.5      -- wait time before compress
 local rotate_time
 local default_logs
 local enable_compression = false
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ local function file_size(file)
 end
 
 
-local function rotate_file(files, now_time, max_kept, wait_time)
+local function rotate_file(files, now_time, max_kept)
     if core.table.isempty(files) then
         return
     end
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ local function rotate_file(files, now_time, max_kept, wait_time)
     if enable_compression then
         -- Waiting for nginx reopen files
         -- to avoid losing logs during compression
-        ngx_sleep(wait_time)
+        ngx_sleep(0.5)
 
         for _, new_file in ipairs(new_files) do
             compression_file(new_file)
@@ -270,14 +269,11 @@ local function rotate()
     local interval = INTERVAL
     local max_kept = MAX_KEPT
     local max_size = MAX_SIZE
-    -- for test
-    local wait_time = WAIT_TIME_BEFORE_COMPRESS
     local attr = plugin.plugin_attr(plugin_name)
     if attr then
         interval = attr.interval or interval
         max_kept = attr.max_kept or max_kept
         max_size = attr.max_size or max_size
-        wait_time = attr.wait_time or wait_time
         enable_compression = attr.enable_compression or enable_compression
     end
 
@@ -303,7 +299,7 @@ local function rotate()
 
     if now_time >= rotate_time then
         local files = {DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG_FILENAME, DEFAULT_ERROR_LOG_FILENAME}
-        rotate_file(files, now_time, max_kept, wait_time)
+        rotate_file(files, now_time, max_kept)
 
         -- reset rotate time
         rotate_time = rotate_time + interval
@@ -321,7 +317,7 @@ local function rotate()
             core.table.insert(files, DEFAULT_ERROR_LOG_FILENAME)
         end
 
-        rotate_file(files, now_time, max_kept, wait_time)
+        rotate_file(files, now_time, max_kept)
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/t/plugin/log-rotate2.t b/t/plugin/log-rotate2.t
index 8d05a2c216aa..617a29b5a7d2 100644
--- a/t/plugin/log-rotate2.t
+++ b/t/plugin/log-rotate2.t
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ plugin_attr:
     interval: 1
     max_kept: 3
     enable_compression: true
-    wait_time: 0
 _EOC_
 
         $block->set_value("yaml_config", $yaml_config);
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ __DATA__
     location /t {
         content_by_lua_block {
             ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "start xxxxxx")
-            ngx.sleep(2.5)
+            ngx.sleep(3.5)
             local has_split_access_file = false
             local has_split_error_file = false
             local lfs = require("lfs")
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ start xxxxxx
 --- config
     location /t {
         content_by_lua_block {
-            ngx.sleep(2)
+            ngx.sleep(3)
 
             local default_logs = {}
             for file_name in lfs.dir(ngx.config.prefix() .. "/logs/") do