diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/.travis/setup.sh b/deploy/kubernetes/.travis/setup.sh
index 921facc373fc..7de6f3adc264 100755
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/.travis/setup.sh
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/.travis/setup.sh
@@ -57,10 +57,5 @@ echo "Kubernetes is deployed and reachable"
 # a command that is run in the background. Technically Kubernetes could be
 # up and running, but those files might not exist yet as the previous command
 # could create them after Kube starts successfully.
-sleep 5
-
-sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME/.kube
-
-# Have seen issues where chown does not instantly change file permissions.
-# When this happens the build.sh cript can have failures.
 sleep 30
+sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME/.kube