diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7cd8204..3692904 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1365,18 +1365,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ipc"
-version = "0.2.0"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "varlink",
- "varlink_generator",
- "walkdir",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.10.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 83c8e99..fb7f183 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ members = [
   "hostd",
   "trace-request",
   "xtask",
-  "ipc",
   "systemd-ipc",
 ]
 default-members = [
diff --git a/hostd/src/machine.rs b/hostd/src/machine.rs
index 39d8437..1e49c89 100644
--- a/hostd/src/machine.rs
+++ b/hostd/src/machine.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ use systemd_ipc::io_systemd_hostname::{self, VarlinkClientInterface};
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use std::thread;
-
 use crate::context::ControllerContext;
 
 /// Version and build information
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@ pub async fn describe(
         tracing::info!(monotonic_counter.version_calls = 1);
 
         let machine_info = MachineInfo { machine_id };
-        thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10000));
 
         Ok(HttpResponseOk(machine_info))
     })