diff --git a/e2e/src/utils.ts b/e2e/src/utils.ts
index 14133006ca..c9edffeab8 100644
--- a/e2e/src/utils.ts
+++ b/e2e/src/utils.ts
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ export const utils = {
       name: ManualJobName.BackupDatabase,
     });
 
-    return await utils.poll(
+    return utils.poll(
       () => request(app).get('/admin/database-backups').set('Authorization', `Bearer ${accessToken}`),
       ({ status, body }) => status === 200 && body.backups.length === 1,
       ({ body }) => body.backups[0],