diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_mdnsd.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_mdnsd.py
index 2637af7c12..214eea7dd9 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_mdnsd.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_mdnsd.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import time
 
 import infra.basetest
 
@@ -31,9 +30,6 @@ class TestMdnsd(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         # advertises the bundled _http._tcp service from /etc/mdns.d/.
         self.assertRunOk("pidof mdnsd")
 
-        # We wait for mdnsd to be ready...
-        time.sleep(1)
-
         # mdnsd only answers on multicast capable interfaces that are
         # up, so wait for eth0 to get its DHCP address before querying.
         cmd = "while ! ifconfig eth0 | grep -q 'inet addr'; do sleep 1; done"