diff --git a/app/aws/s3.py b/app/aws/s3.py
index 7f96f0c73..54c9c85a3 100644
--- a/app/aws/s3.py
+++ b/app/aws/s3.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import time
 from io import StringIO
 
 import botocore
-import eventlet
 from boto3 import Session
 from flask import current_app
 
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ def get_s3_files():
         for object_key in object_keys:
             read_s3_file(bucket_name, object_key, s3res)
             count = count + 1
-            eventlet.sleep(0.2)
+            time.sleep(0.2)
     except Exception:
         current_app.logger.exception(
             f"Trouble reading {object_key} which is # {count} during cache regeneration"
@@ -411,7 +410,7 @@ def get_job_from_s3(service_id, job_id):
                 )
                 retries += 1
                 sleep_time = backoff_factor * (2**retries)  # Exponential backoff
-                eventlet.sleep(sleep_time)
+                time.sleep(sleep_time)
                 continue
             else:
                 # Typically this is "NoSuchKey"
diff --git a/app/celery/tasks.py b/app/celery/tasks.py
index 0108981df..3a6a997b0 100644
--- a/app/celery/tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/tasks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
+import time
 
-import eventlet
 from celery.signals import task_postrun
 from flask import current_app
 from requests import HTTPError, RequestException, request
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def process_job(job_id, sender_id=None):
         process_row(row, template, job, service, sender_id=sender_id)
         count = count + 1
         if count % 3 == 0:
-            eventlet.sleep(1)
+            time.sleep(1)
 
     # End point/Exit point for message send flow.
     job_complete(job, start=start)
diff --git a/app/clients/cloudwatch/aws_cloudwatch.py b/app/clients/cloudwatch/aws_cloudwatch.py
index 9eaf2ebec..0a6d3d7be 100644
--- a/app/clients/cloudwatch/aws_cloudwatch.py
+++ b/app/clients/cloudwatch/aws_cloudwatch.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class AwsCloudwatchClient(Client):
     #         result = temp_client.get_query_results(queryId=query_id)
     #         if result['status'] == 'Complete':
     #             break
-    #         eventlet.sleep(1)
+    #         time.sleep(1)
 
     #     delivery_receipts = []
     #     for log in result['results']: