diff --git a/tests/scripts/test049-sync-config b/tests/scripts/test049-sync-config
index dc687076f334a033e1c65805bc577460055b67bb..f48c7918cfac117b726067fd3e818c9e9393e0f3 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test049-sync-config
+++ b/tests/scripts/test049-sync-config
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ olcSyncRepl: rid=002 provider=$URI1 binddn="cn=config" bindmethod=simple
   credentials=$CONFIGPW searchbase="cn=config" type=refreshAndPersist
   retry="3 5 300 5" timeout=3
 EOF
-echo "Waiting $SLEEP1 seconds for syncrepl to receive changes..."
-sleep $SLEEP1
+echo "Waiting 10 seconds for syncrepl to receive changes..."
+sleep 10
 
 echo "Using ldapsearch to read config from the producer..."
 $LDAPSEARCH -b cn=config -D cn=config -H $URI1 -y $CONFIGPWF  \