diff --git a/test/functional/feature_config_args.py b/test/functional/feature_config_args.py
index ecb3e9425..dc858248e 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_config_args.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_config_args.py
@@ -1,64 +1,62 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright (c) 2017 The Bitcoin Core developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 """Test various command line arguments and configuration file parameters."""
 import os
-import time
 
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import get_datadir_path
 
 
 class ConfArgsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
         self.setup_clean_chain = True
         self.num_nodes = 1
 
     def run_test(self):
         self.stop_node(0)
         # Remove the -datadir argument so it doesn't override the config file
         self.nodes[0].remove_default_args(["-datadir"])
 
         default_data_dir = get_datadir_path(self.options.tmpdir, 0)
         new_data_dir = os.path.join(default_data_dir, 'newdatadir')
         new_data_dir_2 = os.path.join(default_data_dir, 'newdatadir2')
 
         # Check that using -datadir argument on non-existent directory fails
         self.nodes[0].datadir = new_data_dir
         self.assert_start_raises_init_error(
             0, ['-datadir='+new_data_dir],
             'Error: Specified data directory "' + new_data_dir + '" does not exist.')
 
         # Check that using non-existent datadir in conf file fails
         conf_file = os.path.join(default_data_dir, "bitcoin.conf")
 
         # datadir needs to be set before [regtest] section
         conf_file_contents = open(conf_file, encoding='utf8').read()
         with open(conf_file, 'w', encoding='utf8') as f:
             f.write("datadir=" + new_data_dir + "\n")
             f.write(conf_file_contents)
 
         self.assert_start_raises_init_error(
             0, ['-conf='+conf_file],
             'Error reading configuration file: specified data directory "' + new_data_dir + '" does not exist.')
 
         # Create the directory and ensure the config file now works
         os.mkdir(new_data_dir)
         self.start_node(0, ['-conf='+conf_file, '-wallet=w1'])
-        time.sleep(5)
         self.stop_node(0)
         assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(
             new_data_dir, 'regtest', 'wallets', 'w1'))
 
         # Ensure command line argument overrides datadir in conf
         os.mkdir(new_data_dir_2)
         self.nodes[0].datadir = new_data_dir_2
         self.start_node(0, ['-datadir='+new_data_dir_2,
                             '-conf='+conf_file, '-wallet=w2'])
         assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(
             new_data_dir_2, 'regtest', 'wallets', 'w2'))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     ConfArgsTest().main()