diff --git a/release/scripts/doFS.sh b/release/scripts/doFS.sh
index 3f51d52fdf2c..cb8cb9293193 100644
--- a/release/scripts/doFS.sh
+++ b/release/scripts/doFS.sh
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ dofs_md () {
 	fi
 
 	MDDEVICE=`mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${FSIMG}`
-	# XXX - This sleep is needed to solve some sort of race condition
-	sleep 5
 	if [ ! -c /dev/${MDDEVICE} ] ; then
 		echo "No /dev/$MDDEVICE" 1>&2
 		exit 1