diff --git a/phosphor-power-supply/README.md b/phosphor-power-supply/README.md
index c5eb7cd..38b6c83 100644
--- a/phosphor-power-supply/README.md
+++ b/phosphor-power-supply/README.md
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 
 The JSON configuration file should contain:
 
-## pollInterval
-Required property that specifies the delay between updating the power supply 
-status, period in milliseconds.
-
 ## MinPowerSupplies
 Optional property, integer, that indicates the minimum number of power supplies
 that should be present.
diff --git a/phosphor-power-supply/configurations/witherspoon/psu_config.json b/phosphor-power-supply/configurations/witherspoon/psu_config.json
index eaa57aa..546adeb 100644
--- a/phosphor-power-supply/configurations/witherspoon/psu_config.json
+++ b/phosphor-power-supply/configurations/witherspoon/psu_config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
     "SystemProperties" : {
-        "pollInterval" : 1000,
         "MinPowerSupplies" : 1,
         "MaxPowerSupplies" : 2
     },
diff --git a/phosphor-power-supply/psu_manager.cpp b/phosphor-power-supply/psu_manager.cpp
index f31ba73..83fddd4 100644
--- a/phosphor-power-supply/psu_manager.cpp
+++ b/phosphor-power-supply/psu_manager.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     getJSONProperties(configfile, bus, properties, psus);
 
     using namespace sdeventplus;
-    auto interval = std::chrono::milliseconds(properties.pollInterval);
+    auto interval = std::chrono::milliseconds(1000);
     timer = std::make_unique<utility::Timer<ClockId::Monotonic>>(
         e, std::bind(&PSUManager::analyze, this), interval);
 
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@
 
     auto sysProps = configFileJSON["SystemProperties"];
 
-    if (!sysProps.contains("pollInterval"))
-    {
-        throw std::runtime_error("Missing required pollInterval property");
-    }
-
-    p.pollInterval = sysProps["pollInterval"];
-
     if (sysProps.contains("MinPowerSupplies"))
     {
         p.minPowerSupplies = sysProps["MinPowerSupplies"];
diff --git a/phosphor-power-supply/psu_manager.hpp b/phosphor-power-supply/psu_manager.hpp
index a9a0bd5..13b581e 100644
--- a/phosphor-power-supply/psu_manager.hpp
+++ b/phosphor-power-supply/psu_manager.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 struct sys_properties
 {
-    int pollInterval;
     int minPowerSupplies;
     int maxPowerSupplies;
 };