diff --git a/doc/setup/SETUP.md b/doc/setup/SETUP.md
index 765e495275b5..cb2c2cfb02cd 100644
--- a/doc/setup/SETUP.md
+++ b/doc/setup/SETUP.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ To start the Artemis application server from the development environment, first
 artemis:
   repo-clone-path: ./repos/
   encryption-password: <encrypt-password>
-  result-retrieval-delay: 5000
   jira:
     url: https://jirabruegge.in.tum.de
     user: <username>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application-artemis.yml b/src/main/resources/config/application-artemis.yml
index 2ad5046f1ccf..d7cbed9f0f5d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application-artemis.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application-artemis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 artemis:
     repo-clone-path: ./repos/
     encryption-password: <encrypt-password>     # arbitrary password for encrypting database values
-    result-retrieval-delay: 5000
     jira:
         url: https://jirabruegge.in.tum.de
         user: <username>    # e.g. ga12abc
diff --git a/src/test/resources/config/application.yml b/src/test/resources/config/application.yml
index 23d2cbe9d425..73eaea014b6a 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/config/application.yml
+++ b/src/test/resources/config/application.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ artemis:
     version: #project.version#
     repo-clone-path: ./repos/
     encryption-password: <encrypt-password>     # arbitrary password for encrypting database values
-    result-retrieval-delay: 5000
     jira:
         url: https://jirabruegge.in.tum.de
         user: <username>    # e.g. ga12abc