diff --git a/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vfio_user.sh b/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vfio_user.sh
index d14077bfe..df013c968 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vfio_user.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vfio_user.sh
@@ -73,21 +73,13 @@ for i in $(seq 1 $NUM_DEVICES); do
 	test_traddr=/var/run/vfio-user/domain/vfio-user$i/$i
 	test_subnqn=nqn.2019-07.io.spdk:cnode$i
 	$SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/identify -r "trtype:$TEST_TRANSPORT traddr:$test_traddr subnqn:$test_subnqn" -g -L nvme -L nvme_vfio -L vfio_pci
-	sleep 1
 	$SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/perf -r "trtype:$TEST_TRANSPORT traddr:$test_traddr subnqn:$test_subnqn" -s 256 -g -q 128 -o 4096 -w read -t 5 -c 0x2
-	sleep 1
 	$SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/perf -r "trtype:$TEST_TRANSPORT traddr:$test_traddr subnqn:$test_subnqn" -s 256 -g -q 128 -o 4096 -w write -t 5 -c 0x2
-	sleep 1
 	$SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/reconnect -r "trtype:$TEST_TRANSPORT traddr:$test_traddr subnqn:$test_subnqn" -g -q 32 -o 4096 -w randrw -M 50 -t 5 -c 0xE
-	sleep 1
 	$SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/arbitration -t 3 -r "trtype:$TEST_TRANSPORT traddr:$test_traddr subnqn:$test_subnqn" -d 256 -g
-	sleep 1
 	$SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/hello_world -d 256 -g -r "trtype:$TEST_TRANSPORT traddr:$test_traddr subnqn:$test_subnqn"
-	sleep 1
 	$nvmeappdir/overhead/overhead -o 4096 -t 1 -H -g -d 256 -r "trtype:$TEST_TRANSPORT traddr:$test_traddr subnqn:$test_subnqn"
-	sleep 1
 	aer_vfio_user $test_traddr $test_subnqn $i
-	sleep 1
 done
 
 killprocess $nvmfpid