diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
index 2028c5246f..738ed00780 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
@@ -64,6 +64,5 @@ mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME
         break
       fi
       $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
-      sleep 1
     done &
   fi