diff --git a/fsl/utils/fslsub.py b/fsl/utils/fslsub.py
index 5433e58e366cb7843fb11b3f2ba20829b20029cc..c39723700d986a82d22927eb252038747347c160 100644
--- a/fsl/utils/fslsub.py
+++ b/fsl/utils/fslsub.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ line tool. It is assumed that the computing cluster is managed by SGE.
 
 Example usage, building a short pipeline::
 
-    from fsl.utils.fslsub import submit, wait
+    from fsl.utils.fslsub import submit
 
     # submits bet to veryshort queue unless <mask_filename> already exists
     bet_job = submit('bet <input_filename> -m',
@@ -26,16 +26,12 @@ Example usage, building a short pipeline::
                       wait_for=(bet_job, other_job),
                       queue='cuda.q')
 
-    # waits for the cuda job to finish
-    wait(cuda_job)
-
 .. autosummary::
    :nosignatures:
 
    submit
    info
    output
-   wait
    func_to_cmd
 """
 
diff --git a/fsl/utils/run.py b/fsl/utils/run.py
index e2adbeb8de7d39006b28eac3497573fd281cd8d9..739d89ed2e6fb0e5c89356ef45f2176fd48c3228 100644
--- a/fsl/utils/run.py
+++ b/fsl/utils/run.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
    run
    runfsl
-   wait
    dryrun
 """
 
@@ -423,8 +422,3 @@ def wslcmd(cmdpath, *args):
     else:
         # Command was not found in WSL with this path
         return None
-
-
-def wait(job_ids):
-    """Proxy for :func:`.fslsub.wait`. """
-    return fslsub.wait(job_ids)
diff --git a/tests/test_fslsub.py b/tests/test_fslsub.py
index 8e33d38243895ac01e65547796bd0b5e2b2f8f28..94cff86f140d9c60f4e9922565c1ac3524036ee0 100644
--- a/tests/test_fslsub.py
+++ b/tests/test_fslsub.py
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ def test_submit():
         os.chmod(cmd, 0o755)
 
         jid = fslsub.submit(cmd)
-        fslsub.wait(jid)
         stdout, stderr = fslsub.output(jid)
 
         assert stdout.strip() == 'standard output'
@@ -184,8 +183,6 @@ def test_func_to_cmd():
         cmd = fslsub.func_to_cmd(myfunc, (), {})
         jid = fslsub.submit(cmd)
 
-        fslsub.wait(jid)
-
         stdout, stderr = fslsub.output(jid)
 
         assert stdout.strip() == 'standard output'