diff --git a/consensus/src/config.rs b/consensus/src/config.rs
index 403673ab8d..75d6144f53 100644
--- a/consensus/src/config.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/config.rs
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ pub const PROPOSAL_COMMITTEE_CREDITS: usize = 1;
 pub const VALIDATION_COMMITTEE_CREDITS: usize = 64;
 pub const RATIFICATION_COMMITTEE_CREDITS: usize = 64;
 
-/// Artificial delay on each Proposal step.
-pub const CONSENSUS_DELAY_MS: u64 = 1000;
-
 pub const DEFAULT_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT: u64 = 5 * 1_000_000_000;
 
 pub const RELAX_ITERATION_THRESHOLD: u8 = 10;