diff --git a/nb b/nb
index 064d318e2..1b85b4734 100755
--- a/nb
+++ b/nb
@@ -3675,7 +3675,7 @@ _git() {
 
     if ((NB_AUTO_SYNC))
     then
-      ( sleep 2
+      (
         {
           # only commit when the index is dirty
           if _git dirty "${_notebook_path}"
@@ -3685,7 +3685,7 @@ _git() {
         } || :
       ) &
     else
-      ( sleep 2
+      (
         _git_checkpoint_commit "${_notebook_path}" "${_message}" &>/dev/null ||
           return 0
       ) &