diff --git a/salt/salt/tools/sbin/so-salt-minion-wait b/salt/salt/tools/sbin/so-salt-minion-wait
index cf16ab0d1..d54e39677 100644
--- a/salt/salt/tools/sbin/so-salt-minion-wait
+++ b/salt/salt/tools/sbin/so-salt-minion-wait
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 
 set -u
 
-INITIAL_SLEEP=3
 TIMEOUT=120
 MASTER_PORT=4506
 LOG_TAIL_LINES=10000
@@ -178,9 +177,7 @@ instance_ready() {
   return 0
 }
 
-sleep "$INITIAL_SLEEP"
-
-elapsed="$INITIAL_SLEEP"
+elapsed=0
 pids=""
 announced_pending=0
 while [ "$elapsed" -lt "$TIMEOUT" ]; do