diff --git a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go
index 9e762ea18..dd1d231bd 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(
 	"$", "`$",
 	"\"", "`\"",