diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d8a75fe..029841f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ corrections:
 	OpenSSL server failed with "no shared cipher" when using cipher aNULL.
 	Fixed by providing temporary DH parameters. Thanks to Philip Rowlands
 	for drawing my attention to this issue.
+ 
+	UDP-LISTEN slept 1s after accepting a connection. This is not required.
+	Thanks to Peter Valdemar Morch for reporting this issue
 
 	docu mentions option so-bindtodev but correct name is so-bindtodevice. 
 	Thanks to Jim Zimmerman for reporting.
diff --git a/xio-udp.c b/xio-udp.c
index aa1ab0c..8b9d7c6 100644
--- a/xio-udp.c
+++ b/xio-udp.c
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ int xioopen_ipdgram_listen(int argc, const char *argv[], struct opt *opts,
 	 if (Close(fd->stream.rfd) < 0) {
 	    Info2("close(%d): %s", fd->stream.rfd, strerror(errno));
 	 }
-	 Sleep(1);	/*! give child a chance to consume the old packet */
 
 	 continue;
       }