diff --git a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/process_job.rs b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/process_job.rs
index d95ed791a..e62e360a7 100644
--- a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/process_job.rs
+++ b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/process_job.rs
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ pub async fn process_job(args: SadTalkerProcessJobArgs<'_>) -> Result<JobSuccess
         ProcessSingleJobError::Other(anyhow!("Error hashing file: {:?}", err))
       })?;
 
-  std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(50));
-
   // ==================== UPLOAD AUDIO TO BUCKET ==================== //
 
   job_progress_reporter.log_status("uploading result")