diff --git a/itest/integration.test.ts b/itest/integration.test.ts
index 6123710..bb923a4 100644
--- a/itest/integration.test.ts
+++ b/itest/integration.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ describe('Integration tests', () => {
                 ),
             );
         await environment.up();
-        const secondsToWait = 10;
         console.log(
             `Waiting ${secondsToWait}s for graphnode to ingest a few blocks before querying it..`,
         );