diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner-with-envs.yml b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner-with-envs.yml
index 8bb9e76..a503b87 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner-with-envs.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner-with-envs.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ services:
     user: 0:0
     command: >-
       bash -ec '
-      sleep 15 ;
       while : ; do
         forgejo-runner create-runner-file --connect --instance http://forgejo:3000 --name runner --secret {SHARED_SECRET} && break ;
         sleep 1 ;
@@ -97,6 +96,5 @@ services:
       - docker_certs:/certs
     command: >-
       bash -c '
-      sleep 15 ;
       while : ; do test -w .runner && forgejo-runner --config config.yml daemon ; sleep 1 ; done
       '
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
index 9d2b562..19e7078 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ services:
     user: 0:0
     command: >-
       bash -ec '
-      sleep 15 ;
       while : ; do
         forgejo-runner create-runner-file --connect --instance http://forgejo:3000 --name runner --secret {SHARED_SECRET} && break ;
         sleep 1 ;
@@ -90,6 +89,5 @@ services:
       - docker_certs:/certs
     command: >-
       bash -c '
-      sleep 15 ;
       while : ; do test -w .runner && forgejo-runner --config config.yml daemon ; sleep 1 ; done
       '