diff --git a/completion/tests/behat/teacher_manual_completion.feature b/completion/tests/behat/teacher_manual_completion.feature
index 3b8c4d4f391..26abaa4361f 100644
--- a/completion/tests/behat/teacher_manual_completion.feature
+++ b/completion/tests/behat/teacher_manual_completion.feature
@@ -41,12 +41,9 @@ Feature: Allow teachers to manually mark users as complete when configured
     And I follow "View course report"
     And I should see "Student First"
     And I follow "Click to mark user complete"
-    # Running cron just after clicking sometimes fail, so navigate back
-    # and ensure the student completion is updated before running cron.
-    And I am on site homepage
-    And I follow "Completion course"
-    And I follow "View course report"
-    And "//img[contains(@alt, 'Completed')]" "xpath_element" should exist in the "student1" "table_row"
+    # Running cron just after clicking sometimes fail, as record
+    # should be created before the cron runs.
+    And I wait "1" seconds
     And I trigger cron
     And I am on site homepage
     And I log out