diff --git a/docroot/modules/custom/va_gov_vamc/src/ServiceLocationMigration.php b/docroot/modules/custom/va_gov_vamc/src/ServiceLocationMigration.php
index db2140d5ec..cc0e300bf3 100644
--- a/docroot/modules/custom/va_gov_vamc/src/ServiceLocationMigration.php
+++ b/docroot/modules/custom/va_gov_vamc/src/ServiceLocationMigration.php
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@ class ServiceLocationMigration {
    */
   protected $serviceLocation;
 
-  /**
-   * Counter of runs.
-   *
-   * @var int
-   */
-  protected $runCount = 0;
-
   /**
    * Constructor for ServiceLocationMigration.
    */
@@ -47,9 +40,6 @@ public function __construct() {
    *   Sandbox variable for keeping state during batches.
    */
   public function run(array &$sandbox) {
-    if (($this->runCount > 1) && ($this->runCount % 1000 === 0)) {
-      sleep(120);
-    }
     $node_storage = get_node_storage();
     $nid_to_load = reset($sandbox['items_to_process']);
     $facility_service = (empty($nid_to_load)) ? [] : $node_storage->loadMultiple([$nid_to_load]);
@@ -99,8 +89,6 @@ public function run(array &$sandbox) {
 
     unset($sandbox['items_to_process'][_va_gov_stringifynid($nid)]);
 
-    $this->runCount++;
-
     return $status_msg;
   }
 
diff --git a/scripts/content/VACMS-15559-migrate-service-location-from-node-to-paragraph.php b/scripts/content/VACMS-15559-migrate-service-location-from-node-to-paragraph.php
index a6a9e49e99..41fa32a879 100644
--- a/scripts/content/VACMS-15559-migrate-service-location-from-node-to-paragraph.php
+++ b/scripts/content/VACMS-15559-migrate-service-location-from-node-to-paragraph.php
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ function va_gov_vamc_deploy_migrate_service_data_to_service_location(&$sandbox)
   script_library_sandbox_init($sandbox, 'get_nids_of_type', [$source_bundle, FALSE]);
   $migrator = new ServiceLocationMigration();
   $msg = $migrator->run($sandbox);
+  if ($sandbox['current'] > 1 && $sandbox['current'] % 1000 === 0) {
+    sleep(150);
+  }
   $new_service_locations = $sandbox['service_locations_created_count'] ?? 0;
   $updated_service_locations = $sandbox['service_locations_updated_count'] ?? 0;
   $forward_revisions = $sandbox['forward_revisions_count'] ?? 0;