diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/splitVGroupRep1.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/splitVGroupRep1.py
index 56e283859a..b119ba0a32 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/0-others/splitVGroupRep1.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/splitVGroupRep1.py
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ class TDTestCase:
         tdSql.execute("use streamdb;")
         tdSql.execute("create table ta(ts timestamp, age int);")
         tdSql.execute("create stream ma into sta as select count(*) from ta interval(1s);")
-        time.sleep(5)
         self.expectSplitError("streamdb")
         tdSql.execute("drop stream ma;")
         self.expectSplitOk("streamdb")
@@ -392,7 +391,6 @@ class TDTestCase:
         tdSql.execute("use topicdb;")
         tdSql.execute("create table ta(ts timestamp, age int);")
         tdSql.execute("create topic toa as select * from ta;")
-        time.sleep(5)
         
         #self.expectSplitError("topicdb")
         tdSql.execute("drop topic toa;")