diff --git a/Common/GmshSocket.h b/Common/GmshSocket.h
index d47f5f4eac59ae880cb422b74ff648fe334cfa49..cc697879cffe3a9d3e868d6743a1f9d5cca6267b 100644
--- a/Common/GmshSocket.h
+++ b/Common/GmshSocket.h
@@ -247,9 +247,6 @@ class GmshClient : public GmshSocket {
   ~GmshClient(){}
   int Connect(const char *sockname)
   {
-    // slight delay to make sure that the socket is bound by the
-    // server before we attempt to connect to it
-    _Sleep(10);
     if(strstr(sockname, "/") || strstr(sockname, "\\") || !strstr(sockname, ":")){
 #if !defined(WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
       // UNIX socket (testing ":" is not enough with Windows paths)