diff --git a/vfs/vfstest/fs.go b/vfs/vfstest/fs.go
index b4ac33537..11be32a34 100644
--- a/vfs/vfstest/fs.go
+++ b/vfs/vfstest/fs.go
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ func (r *Run) readFile(t *testing.T, filepath string) string {
 	filepath = r.path(filepath)
 	result, err := run.os.ReadFile(filepath)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond) // FIXME wait for Release
 	return string(result)
 }
 
diff --git a/vfs/vfstest/read.go b/vfs/vfstest/read.go
index cfa905f72..469c5459f 100644
--- a/vfs/vfstest/read.go
+++ b/vfs/vfstest/read.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ func TestReadByByte(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 	}
 
-	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond) // FIXME wait for Release
 	run.rm(t, "testfile")
 }