diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Status Action Account List/StatusActionAccountListCollectionViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Status Action Account List/StatusActionAccountListCollectionViewController.swift
index 8c11bc65..baf23bca 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Status Action Account List/StatusActionAccountListCollectionViewController.swift	
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Status Action Account List/StatusActionAccountListCollectionViewController.swift	
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ class StatusActionAccountListCollectionViewController: UIViewController, Collect
         await apply(snapshot: snapshot)
         
         do {
-            try! await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 2 * NSEC_PER_SEC)
             let (accounts, pagination) = try await mastodonController.run(request(for: older))
             await mastodonController.persistentContainer.addAll(accounts: accounts)
             
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index 99da074b..e36142dc 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -948,8 +948,6 @@ extension TimelineViewController {
     typealias TimelineItem = String // status ID
     
     func loadInitial() async throws -> [TimelineItem] {
-        try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 1 * NSEC_PER_SEC)
-        
         let request = Client.getStatuses(timeline: timeline)
         let (statuses, _) = try await mastodonController.run(request)