diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/embedded/JettySolrRunner.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/embedded/JettySolrRunner.java
index c53769dc6ed..d84c6525dcc 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/embedded/JettySolrRunner.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/embedded/JettySolrRunner.java
@@ -237,8 +237,6 @@ public class JettySolrRunner {
           throw new RuntimeException("Jetty/Solr unresponsive");
         }
       }
-      
-      this.wait(300); // always 300ms - can take a moment for our cores to come up
     }
     
     System.clearProperty("shard");