diff --git a/test/e2e/rollout_test.go b/test/e2e/rollout_test.go
index 2d145754..d165fc81 100644
--- a/test/e2e/rollout_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/rollout_test.go
@@ -629,7 +629,6 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Rollout", func() {
 			cService = &v1.Service{}
 			Expect(GetObject(fmt.Sprintf("%s-canary", service.Name), cService)).To(HaveOccurred())
 			// deployment
-			time.Sleep(time.Hour)
 			Expect(GetObject(workload.Name, workload)).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(workload.Spec.Paused).Should(BeFalse())
 			Expect(workload.Status.UpdatedReplicas).Should(BeNumerically("==", *workload.Spec.Replicas))