diff --git a/artiq/coredevice/ad9910.py b/artiq/coredevice/ad9910.py
index 9bdfd37fb..d988ee9e9 100644
--- a/artiq/coredevice/ad9910.py
+++ b/artiq/coredevice/ad9910.py
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class AD9910:
                 self.set_sync(in_delay, window)
                 self.clear_smp_err()
                 # integrate SMP_ERR statistics for a few hundred cycles
-                delay(10*us)
+                # delay(10*us)
                 err = urukul_sta_smp_err(self.cpld.sta_read())
                 err = (err >> (self.chip_select - 4)) & 1
                 delay(40*us)  # slack
diff --git a/artiq/test/coredevice/test_ad9910.py b/artiq/test/coredevice/test_ad9910.py
index d2d0bc793..d60972878 100644
--- a/artiq/test/coredevice/test_ad9910.py
+++ b/artiq/test/coredevice/test_ad9910.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class AD9910Exp(EnvExperiment):
         for in_delay in range(len(err)):
             self.dev.set_sync(in_delay=in_delay, window=win)
             self.dev.clear_smp_err()
-            delay(10*us)  # integrate SMP_ERR statistics
+            # delay(10*us)  # integrate SMP_ERR statistics
             e = urukul_sta_smp_err(self.dev.cpld.sta_read())
             err[in_delay] = (e >> (self.dev.chip_select - 4)) & 1
             delay(50*us)  # slack