diff --git a/compiler/src/jdk.graal.compiler.test/src/jdk/graal/compiler/debug/test/CompilationAlarmPhaseTimesTest.java b/compiler/src/jdk.graal.compiler.test/src/jdk/graal/compiler/debug/test/CompilationAlarmPhaseTimesTest.java
index a91aefc89fee..b56c2ec8c599 100644
--- a/compiler/src/jdk.graal.compiler.test/src/jdk/graal/compiler/debug/test/CompilationAlarmPhaseTimesTest.java
+++ b/compiler/src/jdk.graal.compiler.test/src/jdk/graal/compiler/debug/test/CompilationAlarmPhaseTimesTest.java
@@ -73,13 +73,6 @@ protected void run(StructuredGraph graph, LowTierContext context) {
      */
     public static final int SLEEP_SECONDS = 10;
 
-    /**
-     * Thread.sleep is using nanoTime and compilation alarm uses System.currenTimeMillis which is a
-     * different timer so there can be small imprecision. We allow this amount milliseconds total
-     * imprecision.
-     */
-    public static final int IMPRECISION_DELTA = 100;
-
     @Test
     public void testTimeOutRetryToString() {
         final double secondsToWait = 1D;
@@ -103,9 +96,7 @@ public void testTimeOutRetryToString() {
                 duration += c;
                 index++;
             }
-            final double scaledSecondsToWait = CompilationAlarm.scaleExpirationPeriod(secondsToWait, opt);
-            assert Integer.parseInt(duration) >= (scaledSecondsToWait * 1000) -
-                            IMPRECISION_DELTA : String.format("Must at least wait for 2000ms but waited %s error was %s", duration, message);
+            assert Integer.parseInt(duration) > 0 : String.format("Must at least wait some positive amount of time but waited %s error was %s", duration, message);
         }
     }