diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_stream/src/rabbit_stream_reader.erl b/deps/rabbitmq_stream/src/rabbit_stream_reader.erl
index aac8bd4abd8..d82c4efa3fa 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_stream/src/rabbit_stream_reader.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_stream/src/rabbit_stream_reader.erl
@@ -3706,7 +3706,6 @@ send_chunks(DeliverVersion,
             setopts(Transport, Socket, [{nopush, false}]),
             case Retry of
                 true ->
-                    timer:sleep(1),
                     send_chunks(DeliverVersion,
                                 Transport,
                                 Consumer,