diff --git a/openbsc/tests/vty_test_runner.py b/openbsc/tests/vty_test_runner.py
index 64fd86d..608aef4 100644
--- a/openbsc/tests/vty_test_runner.py
+++ b/openbsc/tests/vty_test_runner.py
@@ -1269,12 +1269,10 @@
                 break
             except:
                 print "\tfailed sending IPA identity at", time.strftime("%T")
-                print "\tself.proc.poll(): ", repr(self.proc.poll())
                 if retries < 1:
                     print "\tgiving up"
                     raise
-                print "\tretrying in a second (%d attempts left)" % retries
-                time.sleep(1)
+                print "\tretrying (%d attempts left)" % retries
                 retries -= 1
     else:
         if (verbose):