diff --git a/bin/load/run b/bin/load/run
index a6fa9b61d35e47a70885e059fec96b20e16429e8..76db988cf3b82efdd8e8d22db57b4eed3dabefb3 100755
--- a/bin/load/run
+++ b/bin/load/run
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ docker-compose -f docker-compose-test-load.yml run --entrypoint /signalboost/bin
 ### RUN SERVICES
 
 echo "--- running load test..."
-docker-compose -f docker-compose-test-load.yml up -d signal_server redis ngrok_simulator signal_sms_codes signalboost_ngrok app simulator
+docker-compose -f docker-compose-test-load.yml up -d signal_server redis ngrok_simulator signalboost_ngrok app simulator
 
 check-until-ngrok-url-available
 echo "NGROK URL: $host_url"
diff --git a/docker-compose-test-load.yml b/docker-compose-test-load.yml
index a81b5016e42cc865e72c2ac5a87c02e3311d6a13..2a411ce357985b395267c15e2cb2ec25d15b7ef7 100644
--- a/docker-compose-test-load.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-test-load.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ services:
     container_name: load_test_app
     depends_on:
       - db
-      - signald_app
     entrypoint: /signalboost/bin/entrypoint/app
     env_file: .env.dev
     environment:
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ services:
     container_name: load_test_simulator
     depends_on:
       - db
-      - signald_simulator
     entrypoint: /signalboost/bin/entrypoint/simulator
     env_file: .env.dev
     expose:
@@ -142,15 +140,6 @@ services:
       - "6379:6379"
     restart: always
 
-  signal_sms_codes:
-    image: registry.gitlab.com/signald/test-infrastructure/test-helper:master
-    container_name: load_test_signal_sms_codes
-    restart: always
-    environment:
-      DB: "host=db user=signal dbname=signal password=password sslmode=disable"
-    ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:8082:8082"
-
   # prefer ngrok_signalboost, need to change url to ngrok in app entrypoint
   signalboost_ngrok:
     container_name: load_test_app_signalboost_ngrok
diff --git a/simulator/signal.js b/simulator/signal.js
index d7faabab7a6c43738e687dff1cdf9c71565599a5..856d3bb6cbb2d2d9d9f88de2e6473e6aa2faab6e 100644
--- a/simulator/signal.js
+++ b/simulator/signal.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const register = async (phoneNumber, captchaToken, dbPool) => {
     ...(captchaToken ? { captcha: captchaToken } : {}),
   })
 
-  await util.wait(10000)
+  await util.wait(1000)
   logger.log(`${phoneNumber}: Verifying...`)
   await verify(phoneNumber, dbPool)