diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 354ec727cf040ecba541c7b14a42cee655034d11..d50667dfaada659013561f1c63a46072d4abfb56 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ def test_prepare_environment(tmp_path):
     result = mod.prepare_environment(
         mpsd_release=mpsd_release_to_test, script_dir=script_dir
     )
-    # wait for 20 seconds for the git clone to finish
-    # time.sleep(20)
+
     # check if the directory now is created
     assert release_base_dir.exists()
     # check for spack-environments directory