diff --git a/Adafruit_SPIDevice.cpp b/Adafruit_SPIDevice.cpp
index 821c463..8afdcf2 100644
--- a/Adafruit_SPIDevice.cpp
+++ b/Adafruit_SPIDevice.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ bool Adafruit_SPIDevice::write_then_read(uint8_t *write_buffer,
   }
   DEBUG_SERIAL.println();
 #endif
-  delay(10);
 
   // do the reading
   for (size_t i = 0; i < read_len; i++) {
diff --git a/library.properties b/library.properties
index 01c0155..72e0642 100644
--- a/library.properties
+++ b/library.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=Adafruit BusIO
-version=1.2.5
+version=1.2.6
 author=Adafruit
 maintainer=Adafruit <info@adafruit.com>
 sentence=This is a library for abstracting away UART, I2C and SPI interfacing