diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/dashboard_page.js b/test/functional/page_objects/dashboard_page.js
index 7f05ed950c72a3..7c1235206e9951 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/dashboard_page.js
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/dashboard_page.js
@@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ export function DashboardPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
       await retry.waitFor('not in view mode', async () => (
         !await this.getIsInViewMode()
       ));
-      // Lee.Dr the above code still isn't fixing the failure that comes after this
-      // Adding 1s sleep until we understand how to check when switching to edit mode is complete.
-      await PageObjects.common.sleep(1011);
+      await find.byCssSelector('#gear-a');
     }
 
     async getIsInViewMode() {