diff --git a/server/jetstream_cluster.go b/server/jetstream_cluster.go
index e5de479eb9c..c54ab05cf4b 100644
--- a/server/jetstream_cluster.go
+++ b/server/jetstream_cluster.go
@@ -2415,7 +2415,6 @@ func (js *jetStream) monitorStream(mset *stream, sa *streamAssignment, sendSnaps
 		compactInterval = 2 * time.Minute
 		compactSizeMin  = 8 * 1024 * 1024
 		compactNumMin   = 65536
-		minSnapDelta    = 10 * time.Second
 	)
 
 	// Spread these out for large numbers on server restart.
@@ -2439,16 +2438,15 @@ func (js *jetStream) monitorStream(mset *stream, sa *streamAssignment, sendSnaps
 	// a complete and detailed state which could be costly in terms of memory, cpu and GC.
 	// This only entails how many messages, and the first and last sequence of the stream.
 	// This is all that is needed to detect a change, and we can get this from FilteredState()
-	// with and empty filter.
+	// with an empty filter.
 	var lastState SimpleState
-	var lastSnapTime time.Time
 
 	// Don't allow the upper layer to install snapshots until we have
 	// fully recovered from disk.
 	isRecovering := true
 
 	doSnapshot := func() {
-		if mset == nil || isRecovering || isRestore || time.Since(lastSnapTime) < minSnapDelta {
+		if mset == nil || isRecovering || isRestore {
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -2466,7 +2464,7 @@ func (js *jetStream) monitorStream(mset *stream, sa *streamAssignment, sendSnaps
 		}
 
 		if err := n.InstallSnapshot(mset.stateSnapshot()); err == nil {
-			lastState, lastSnapTime = curState, time.Now()
+			lastState = curState
 		} else if err != errNoSnapAvailable && err != errNodeClosed && err != errCatchupsRunning {
 			s.RateLimitWarnf("Failed to install snapshot for '%s > %s' [%s]: %v", mset.acc.Name, mset.name(), n.Group(), err)
 		}
diff --git a/server/jetstream_cluster_1_test.go b/server/jetstream_cluster_1_test.go
index 49c35befff6..cd1c15642e0 100644
--- a/server/jetstream_cluster_1_test.go
+++ b/server/jetstream_cluster_1_test.go
@@ -6945,45 +6945,6 @@ func TestJetStreamClusterConsumerInfoAfterCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	require_NoError(t, err)
 }
 
-func TestJetStreamClusterDontSnapshotTooOften(t *testing.T) {
-	c := createJetStreamClusterExplicit(t, "R3S", 3)
-	defer c.shutdown()
-
-	nc, js := jsClientConnect(t, c.randomServer())
-	defer nc.Close()
-
-	_, err := js.AddStream(&nats.StreamConfig{
-		Name:     "TEST",
-		Subjects: []string{"foo"},
-		Replicas: 3,
-	})
-	require_NoError(t, err)
-
-	// We force the snapshot compact size to hit multiple times.
-	// But, we should not be making snapshots too often since that would degrade performance.
-	data := make([]byte, 1024*1024) // 1MB payload
-	_, err = crand.Read(data)
-	require_NoError(t, err)
-	for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
-		// We do synchronous publishes so we're more likely to have entries pass through the apply queue.
-		_, err = js.Publish("foo", data)
-		require_NoError(t, err)
-	}
-
-	for _, s := range c.servers {
-		acc, err := s.lookupAccount(globalAccountName)
-		require_NoError(t, err)
-		mset, err := acc.lookupStream("TEST")
-		require_NoError(t, err)
-		snap, err := mset.node.(*raft).loadLastSnapshot()
-		require_NoError(t, err)
-		// This measure is not exact and more of a side effect.
-		// We expect one snapshot to be made pretty soon and to be on cooldown after.
-		// So no snapshots should be made after that.
-		require_LessThan(t, snap.lastIndex, 20)
-	}
-}
-
 //
 // DO NOT ADD NEW TESTS IN THIS FILE (unless to balance test times)
 // Add at the end of jetstream_cluster_<n>_test.go, with <n> being the highest value.