diff --git a/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py b/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
index 1700732e34..41c4c55062 100755
--- a/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
+++ b/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
@@ -789,12 +789,8 @@ def networkctl_json(*args):
 def networkctl_reconfigure(*links):
     networkctl('reconfigure', *links)
 
-def networkctl_reload(sleep_time=1):
+def networkctl_reload():
     networkctl('reload')
-    # 'networkctl reload' asynchronously reconfigure links.
-    # Hence, we need to wait for a short time for link to be in configuring state.
-    if sleep_time > 0:
-        time.sleep(sleep_time)
 
 def resolvectl(*args):
     return check_output(*(resolvectl_cmd + list(args)), env=env)
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-74.networkctl.sh b/test/units/testsuite-74.networkctl.sh
index 06a3c39e77..6cd5267b72 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-74.networkctl.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-74.networkctl.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ networkctl cat @test2:network | cmp - <(networkctl cat "$NETWORK_NAME")
 EDITOR='cp' script -ec 'networkctl edit @test2 --drop-in test2.conf' /dev/null
 cmp "+4" "/etc/systemd/network/${NETWORK_NAME}.d/test2.conf"
 
-sleep 1
 (! EDITOR='true' script -ec 'networkctl edit @test2 --runtime --drop-in test2.conf' /dev/null)
 
 ip_link="$(ip link show test2)"