diff --git a/RLTest/redis_std.py b/RLTest/redis_std.py
index ff2b9d0..43fe99f 100644
--- a/RLTest/redis_std.py
+++ b/RLTest/redis_std.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 _TERMINATE_TIMEOUT = 30
 _INSTRUMENTED_TERMINATE_TIMEOUT = 300
 _KILL_TIMEOUT = 5
-_SAVE_RETRY_TIMEOUT = 10
 
 
 class StandardEnv(object):
@@ -659,21 +658,7 @@ def dumpAndReload(self, restart=False, shardId=None, timeout_sec=0):
             self.stopEnv()
             self.startEnv()
         else:
-            for con in conns:
-                deadline = time.monotonic() + _SAVE_RETRY_TIMEOUT
-                while True:
-                    try:
-                        # A concurrent BGSAVE may hold an older snapshot. We still
-                        # need our own successful SAVE before reloading.
-                        con.save()
-                        break
-                    except redis.ResponseError as err:
-                        if str(err) != 'Background save already in progress':
-                            raise
-                        remaining = deadline - time.monotonic()
-                        if remaining <= 0:
-                            raise
-                        time.sleep(min(0.05, remaining))
+            [con.save() for con in conns]
             try:
                 # Given we've already saved on the prior step, there is no need to SAVE again on the DEBUG RELOAD
                 [con.execute_command('DEBUG', 'RELOAD', 'NOSAVE') for con in conns]
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_redis_std.py b/tests/unit/test_redis_std.py
index f3c305b..8a24e8f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_redis_std.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_redis_std.py
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 from unittest import TestCase
-from unittest.mock import Mock, call, patch
-
-import redis
 
 from RLTest.redis_std import StandardEnv
 from tests.unit.test_common import REDIS_BINARY, TLS_CERT, TLS_KEY, TLS_CACERT
@@ -14,57 +11,6 @@
 tlsCaCertFile = 'fake_ca.crt'
 
 
-class TestDumpAndReload(TestCase):
-    def make_env(self, slave=False):
-        env = StandardEnv.__new__(StandardEnv)
-        env.useSlaves = slave
-        env.getConnection = Mock(return_value=Mock())
-        env.getSlaveConnection = Mock(return_value=Mock())
-        return env
-
-    @patch('RLTest.redis_std.time.sleep')
-    def test_busy_save_retries_on_master_and_replica(self, sleep):
-        env = self.make_env(slave=True)
-        for conn in (env.getConnection(), env.getSlaveConnection()):
-            conn.save.side_effect = [
-                redis.ResponseError('Background save already in progress'), True]
-        env.dumpAndReload()
-        for conn in (env.getConnection(), env.getSlaveConnection()):
-            self.assertEqual(conn.mock_calls, [
-                call.save(), call.save(),
-                call.execute_command('DEBUG', 'RELOAD', 'NOSAVE')])
-        self.assertEqual(sleep.call_count, 2)
-
-    @patch('RLTest.redis_std.time.sleep')
-    @patch('RLTest.redis_std.time.monotonic', side_effect=[0, 10])
-    def test_busy_save_timeout_does_not_reload(self, monotonic, sleep):
-        env = self.make_env()
-        conn = env.getConnection()
-        error = redis.ResponseError('Background save already in progress')
-        conn.save.side_effect = error
-        with self.assertRaises(redis.ResponseError) as raised:
-            env.dumpAndReload()
-        self.assertIs(raised.exception, error)
-        conn.save.assert_called_once_with()
-        conn.execute_command.assert_not_called()
-        sleep.assert_not_called()
-
-    @patch('RLTest.redis_std.time.sleep')
-    def test_other_save_errors_are_not_retried(self, sleep):
-        for error in (redis.ResponseError('Permission denied'),
-                      redis.ConnectionError('Connection lost')):
-            with self.subTest(error=error):
-                env = self.make_env()
-                conn = env.getConnection()
-                conn.save.side_effect = error
-                with self.assertRaises(type(error)) as raised:
-                    env.dumpAndReload()
-                self.assertIs(raised.exception, error)
-                conn.save.assert_called_once_with()
-                conn.execute_command.assert_not_called()
-        sleep.assert_not_called()
-
-
 class TestStandardEnv(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):