diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota.ino b/tasmota/tasmota.ino
index b494ed303..67bf25cd5 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota.ino
@@ -688,18 +688,10 @@ void BacklogLoop(void) {
 void SleepDelay(uint32_t mseconds) {
   if (!TasmotaGlobal.backlog_nodelay && mseconds) {
     uint32_t wait = millis() + mseconds;
-
-    if (Settings->flag6.spare31) {       // SetOption177 - (Debug) Disable FUNC_SLEEP_LOOP
-      while (!TimeReached(wait) && !Serial.available()) {  // We need to service serial buffer ASAP as otherwise we get uart buffer overrun
-        delay(1);
-      }
-    } else {
-      while (!TimeReached(wait) && !Serial.available()) {  // We need to service serial buffer ASAP as otherwise we get uart buffer overrun
-        XdrvXsnsCall(FUNC_SLEEP_LOOP);  // Main purpose is reacting ASAP on serial data availability or interrupt handling (ADE7880)
-        delay(1);
-      }
+    while (!TimeReached(wait) && !Serial.available()) {  // We need to service serial buffer ASAP as otherwise we get uart buffer overrun
+      XdrvXsnsCall(FUNC_SLEEP_LOOP);  // Main purpose is reacting ASAP on serial data availability or interrupt handling (ADE7880)
+      delay(1);
     }
-
   } else {
     delay(0);
   }