diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppchecksymbols.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppchecksymbols.cpp
index 04ddbda876a41e77cf00aa24a101eb86be9437f2..4ebd7b35d1e202ea032606a72703d41d44f47bed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppchecksymbols.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppchecksymbols.cpp
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ void CheckSymbols::flush()
     if (_usages.isEmpty())
         return;
 
-    FriendlyThread::msleep(10); // release some cpu
     reportResults(_usages);
     _usages.clear();
 }