diff --git a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go
index 9e762ea18..bfef4ca53 100644
--- a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/uuid"
 )
 
-var retryableSleep = 2 * time.Second
-
 var psEscape = strings.NewReplacer(
 	"$", "`$",
 	"\"", "`\"",
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@ func extractScript(p *Provisioner) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (p *Provisioner) Provision(ctx context.Context, ui packersdk.Ui, comm packersdk.Communicator, generatedData map[string]interface{}) error {
-	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Provisioning with Powershell..."))
+	ui.Say("Provisioning with Powershell...")
 	p.communicator = comm
 	p.generatedData = generatedData