diff --git a/services/directory/tests/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.Migrations.Tests/SeedQueryDbContextTest.cs b/services/directory/tests/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.Migrations.Tests/SeedQueryDbContextTest.cs
index 95ec1b87d..5671f4b73 100644
--- a/services/directory/tests/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.Migrations.Tests/SeedQueryDbContextTest.cs
+++ b/services/directory/tests/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.Migrations.Tests/SeedQueryDbContextTest.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.Persistence.Queries.Context;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
@@ -13,15 +12,11 @@ public async Task Migrate_DoesNotThrowException()
         {
             var exception = await Record.ExceptionAsync(async () =>
             {
-                // allow time for db to init
-                Thread.Sleep(5000);
-
                 const string connString = "Server=directory-db;Database=filterlists;Uid=filterlists;Pwd=filterlists;";
                 var options = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<QueryDbContext>()
                     .UseNpgsql(connString, m => m.MigrationsAssembly("FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.Migrations"))
                     .EnableSensitiveDataLogging()
                     .Options;
-
                 await using var context = new QueryDbContext(options);
                 await context.Database.MigrateAsync();
             });