diff --git a/api/src/utils/index.ts b/api/src/utils/index.ts
index 59ae5e6..b99c7bc 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export * from './removeTokensInDB'
 export * from './saveTokensInDB'
 export * from './setProcessVariables'
 export * from './setupFolders'
-export * from './sleep'
 export * from './upload'
 export * from './validation'
 export * from './verifyTokenInDB'
diff --git a/api/src/utils/sleep.ts b/api/src/utils/sleep.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 61d7522..0000000
--- a/api/src/utils/sleep.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export const sleep = async (delay: number) => {
-  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay))
-}