diff --git a/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/tests/api/APIBackendBasedAIRatelimit.feature b/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/tests/api/APIBackendBasedAIRatelimit.feature
index e7f1b4600..13fb3c024 100644
--- a/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/tests/api/APIBackendBasedAIRatelimit.feature
+++ b/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/tests/api/APIBackendBasedAIRatelimit.feature
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Feature: API backend based AI ratelimit Feature
     Then I set headers
       | Authorization | bearer ${accessToken} |
     And I wait for next minute strictly
-    And I wait for 3600 seconds
     And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/llm-api/v1.0.0/3.14/employee?send=body" with body ""
     Then the response status code should be 200
     And the response headers should contain