it's been there since this test was added in 3cbbd75

diff /home/op/w/got
commit - 296cb8a88e6d862625ca9607eaeff1872d3111b8
path + /home/op/w/got
blob - 9b3e14a5ef5e69c05593264d58ab8c443af6b692
file + regress/cmdline/status.sh
--- regress/cmdline/status.sh
+++ regress/cmdline/status.sh
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ test_status_shows_no_mods_after_complete_merge() {
 	sed -i 's/2/22/' $testroot/repo/numbers
 	git_commit $testroot/repo -m "modified line 2"
 
-	sleep 1
 	# modify line 2 again; no local changes are left after merge
 	sed -i 's/2/22/' $testroot/wt/numbers