diff --git a/app/lib/actions/candlepin/candlepin_listening_service.rb b/app/lib/actions/candlepin/candlepin_listening_service.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/app/lib/actions/candlepin/candlepin_listening_service.rb
+++ b/app/lib/actions/candlepin/candlepin_listening_service.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ module Actions
                 suspended_action.notify_not_connected(message[:error])
                 break
               end
-              sleep 1
             rescue => e
               suspended_action.notify_fatal(e)
               raise e
Fixes #<I> - Improve ListenOnCandlepinEvents throughput

Remove "sleep 1" from the loop of processing messages from
katello_event_queue.