diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Announcements/AddReactionView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Announcements/AddReactionView.swift
index f365ef1b..10e2cfb4 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Announcements/AddReactionView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Announcements/AddReactionView.swift
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ struct AddReactionView: View {
     }
     
     private func doAddReaction(_ reaction: Reaction) async {
-        try! await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: NSEC_PER_SEC)
         do {
             try await addReaction(reaction)
             dismiss()
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource.swift
index d738dc87..ac9bd8c5 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource.swift
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ class StatusAttachmentsGalleryDataSource: GalleryDataSource {
                 )
             } else {
                 return LoadingGalleryContentViewController(caption: attachment.description) {
-                    try! await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: NSEC_PER_SEC)
                     let (data, image) = await ImageCache.attachments.get(attachment.url, loadOriginal: true)
                     if let image {
                         let gifController: GIFController? =