diff --git a/pympipool/__init__.py b/pympipool/__init__.py
index 15cdb67a..aa9bc881 100644
--- a/pympipool/__init__.py
+++ b/pympipool/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class Executor:
         oversubscribe (bool): adds the `--oversubscribe` command line flag (OpenMPI only) - default False
         init_function (None): optional function to preset arguments for functions which are submitted later
         cwd (str/None): current working directory where the parallel python task is executed
-        sleep_interval (float): synchronization interval - default 0.1
         hostname_localhost (boolean): use localhost instead of the hostname to establish the zmq connection. In the
                                       context of an HPC cluster this essential to be able to communicate to an
                                       Executor running on a different compute node within the same allocation. And
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ def __init__(
         oversubscribe=False,
         init_function=None,
         cwd=None,
-        sleep_interval=0.1,
         executor=None,
         hostname_localhost=False,
     ):
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ def __new__(
         oversubscribe=False,
         init_function=None,
         cwd=None,
-        sleep_interval=0.1,
         executor=None,
         hostname_localhost=False,
     ):
@@ -113,7 +110,6 @@ def __new__(
             oversubscribe (bool): adds the `--oversubscribe` command line flag (OpenMPI only) - default False
             init_function (None): optional function to preset arguments for functions which are submitted later
             cwd (str/None): current working directory where the parallel python task is executed
-            sleep_interval (float): synchronization interval - default 0.1
             hostname_localhost (boolean): use localhost instead of the hostname to establish the zmq connection. In the
                                       context of an HPC cluster this essential to be able to communicate to an
                                       Executor running on a different compute node within the same allocation. And
@@ -136,7 +132,6 @@ def __new__(
                 gpus_per_worker=gpus_per_worker,
                 init_function=init_function,
                 cwd=cwd,
-                sleep_interval=sleep_interval,
                 hostname_localhost=hostname_localhost,
             )
         elif slurm_installed:
@@ -145,7 +140,6 @@ def __new__(
                 cores_per_worker=cores_per_worker,
                 init_function=init_function,
                 cwd=cwd,
-                sleep_interval=sleep_interval,
                 hostname_localhost=hostname_localhost,
             )
         else:
@@ -168,6 +162,5 @@ def __new__(
                 cores_per_worker=cores_per_worker,
                 init_function=init_function,
                 cwd=cwd,
-                sleep_interval=sleep_interval,
                 hostname_localhost=hostname_localhost,
             )
diff --git a/pympipool/flux/executor.py b/pympipool/flux/executor.py
index 4e5b7b81..31a724ed 100644
--- a/pympipool/flux/executor.py
+++ b/pympipool/flux/executor.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class PyFluxExecutor(ExecutorBase):
         gpus_per_worker (int): number of GPUs per worker - defaults to 0
         init_function (None): optional function to preset arguments for functions which are submitted later
         cwd (str/None): current working directory where the parallel python task is executed
-        sleep_interval (float): synchronization interval - default 0.1
         executor (flux.job.FluxExecutor): Flux Python interface to submit the workers to flux
         hostname_localhost (boolean): use localhost instead of the hostname to establish the zmq connection. In the
                                       context of an HPC cluster this essential to be able to communicate to an
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ def __init__(
         gpus_per_worker=0,
         init_function=None,
         cwd=None,
-        sleep_interval=0.1,
         executor=None,
         hostname_localhost=False,
     ):
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ def __init__(
                 # Broker Arguments
                 "future_queue": self._future_queue,
                 "max_workers": max_workers,
-                "sleep_interval": sleep_interval,
                 "hostname_localhost": hostname_localhost,
                 "executor_class": PyFluxSingleTaskExecutor,
                 # Executor Arguments
diff --git a/pympipool/mpi/executor.py b/pympipool/mpi/executor.py
index 94add9f5..eefa2431 100644
--- a/pympipool/mpi/executor.py
+++ b/pympipool/mpi/executor.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class PyMPIExecutor(ExecutorBase):
         oversubscribe (bool): adds the `--oversubscribe` command line flag (OpenMPI only) - default False
         init_function (None): optional function to preset arguments for functions which are submitted later
         cwd (str/None): current working directory where the parallel python task is executed
-        sleep_interval (float): synchronization interval - default 0.1
         hostname_localhost (boolean): use localhost instead of the hostname to establish the zmq connection. In the
                                       context of an HPC cluster this essential to be able to communicate to an
                                       Executor running on a different compute node within the same allocation. And
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ def __init__(
         oversubscribe=False,
         init_function=None,
         cwd=None,
-        sleep_interval=0.1,
         hostname_localhost=False,
     ):
         super().__init__()
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ def __init__(
                 # Broker Arguments
                 "future_queue": self._future_queue,
                 "max_workers": max_workers,
-                "sleep_interval": sleep_interval,
                 "executor_class": PyMPISingleTaskExecutor,
                 "hostname_localhost": hostname_localhost,
                 # Executor Arguments
diff --git a/pympipool/shared/executorbase.py b/pympipool/shared/executorbase.py
index 40f4a96a..b0bc3cd7 100644
--- a/pympipool/shared/executorbase.py
+++ b/pympipool/shared/executorbase.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import os
 import queue
 import sys
-from time import sleep
 
 import cloudpickle
 
@@ -176,7 +175,6 @@ def executor_broker(
     future_queue,
     max_workers,
     executor_class,
-    sleep_interval=0.1,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     meta_future_lst = _get_executor_dict(
@@ -185,17 +183,14 @@ def executor_broker(
         **kwargs,
     )
     while True:
-        try:
-            task_dict = future_queue.get_nowait()
-        except queue.Empty:
-            sleep(sleep_interval)
+        if execute_task_dict(
+            task_dict=future_queue.get(), meta_future_lst=meta_future_lst
+        ):
+            future_queue.task_done()
         else:
-            if execute_task_dict(task_dict=task_dict, meta_future_lst=meta_future_lst):
-                future_queue.task_done()
-            else:
-                future_queue.task_done()
-                future_queue.join()
-                break
+            future_queue.task_done()
+            future_queue.join()
+            break
 
 
 def execute_task_dict(task_dict, meta_future_lst):
diff --git a/pympipool/shell/executor.py b/pympipool/shell/executor.py
index d9eda6fa..8be8ada7 100644
--- a/pympipool/shell/executor.py
+++ b/pympipool/shell/executor.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ class SubprocessExecutor(ExecutorBase):
 
     Args:
         max_workers (int): defines the number workers which can execute functions in parallel
-        sleep_interval (float): synchronization interval - default 0.1
 
     Examples:
 
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ class SubprocessExecutor(ExecutorBase):
     def __init__(
         self,
         max_workers=1,
-        sleep_interval=0.1,
     ):
         super().__init__()
         self._process = RaisingThread(
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ def __init__(
                 # Broker Arguments
                 "future_queue": self._future_queue,
                 "max_workers": max_workers,
-                "sleep_interval": sleep_interval,
                 "executor_class": SubprocessSingleExecutor,
             },
         )
diff --git a/pympipool/slurm/executor.py b/pympipool/slurm/executor.py
index 397d61b0..4824441f 100644
--- a/pympipool/slurm/executor.py
+++ b/pympipool/slurm/executor.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ def __init__(
         oversubscribe=False,
         init_function=None,
         cwd=None,
-        sleep_interval=0.1,
         hostname_localhost=False,
     ):
         super().__init__()
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ def __init__(
                 # Broker Arguments
                 "future_queue": self._future_queue,
                 "max_workers": max_workers,
-                "sleep_interval": sleep_interval,
                 "hostname_localhost": hostname_localhost,
                 "executor_class": PySlurmSingleTaskExecutor,
                 # Executor Arguments