diff --git a/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/meshtimeout/meshtimeout.go b/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/meshtimeout/meshtimeout.go
index 02914ad38c32..2683651536e3 100644
--- a/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/meshtimeout/meshtimeout.go
+++ b/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/meshtimeout/meshtimeout.go
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ spec:
 				meshtimeout_api.MeshTimeoutResourceTypeDescriptor,
 				meshretry_api.MeshRetryResourceTypeDescriptor,
 			)).To(Succeed())
-			time.Sleep(10 * time.Hour)
 			// main inbound
 			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
 				start := time.Now()