diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 691e08a..12d06fb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 robotframework-lint==1.0
 robotframework-requests==0.7.0
 robotframework-sshlibrary==3.4.0
-robotframework-timer==0.0.5
 yamllint==1.23.0
 # replace when we can use upstream (needs python 3.6)
 git+https://github.com/zdw/robotframework-importresource@b81b87aabaee0594e966687b41e3674b866f28ee
diff --git a/tests/scale/Voltha_Scale_Tests.robot b/tests/scale/Voltha_Scale_Tests.robot
index d5a8f3a..f39cbbc 100644
--- a/tests/scale/Voltha_Scale_Tests.robot
+++ b/tests/scale/Voltha_Scale_Tests.robot
@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@
 Suite Setup       Setup Suite
 #Test Setup        Setup
 #Test Teardown     Teardown
-Suite Teardown    Teardown Suite
+#Suite Teardown    Teardown Suite
 Library           Collections
 Library           String
 Library           OperatingSystem
 Library           XML
-Library           Timer
 Library           RequestsLibrary
 Library           ../../libraries/DependencyLibrary.py
 Resource          ../../libraries/onos.robot
@@ -186,10 +185,3 @@
     ${total_onus}=   Evaluate    ${olt} * ${pon} * ${onu}
     Set Suite Variable  ${total_onus}
 
-    Configure Timer     10 minutes  0 seconds   SuiteTimer
-    Start Timer     SuiteTimer
-
-Teardown Suite
-    [Documentation]    Verify the timer
-    Stop Timer     SuiteTimer
-    Verify Single Timer    10 minutes   0 seconds   SuiteTimer