diff --git a/yao-agent/mock/bootstrap.sh b/yao-agent/mock/bootstrap.sh
index 5d384c8..0511c2e 100755
--- a/yao-agent/mock/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/yao-agent/mock/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# run nvidia-smi in background to speed up the query and reduce CPU load (why?)
-nvidia-smi daemon
-
 python3 /yao-agent/mock.py