diff --git a/lib/ontologies_linked_data/mappings/mappings.rb b/lib/ontologies_linked_data/mappings/mappings.rb
index 30326b8a..67acc1d7 100644
--- a/lib/ontologies_linked_data/mappings/mappings.rb
+++ b/lib/ontologies_linked_data/mappings/mappings.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def self.mapping_counts(enable_debug=false, logger=nil, reload_cache=false, arr_
               "Retrieved #{s_total} records for #{acro} in #{Time.now - t0} seconds.")
           logger.flush
         end
-        sleep(5)
+        sleep(5) if Goo.backend_4s?
       end
 
       if enable_debug
diff --git a/test/models/test_mapping_counts_sleep.rb b/test/models/test_mapping_counts_sleep.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f495141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/models/test_mapping_counts_sleep.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative '../test_case'
+require 'mocha/minitest'
+
+class TestMappingCountsSleep < Minitest::Test
+  def setup
+    @submissions = {
+      'TEST1' => Object.new,
+      'TEST2' => Object.new
+    }
+
+    LinkedData::Mappings.stubs(:retrieve_latest_submissions).returns(@submissions)
+    LinkedData::Mappings.stubs(:mapping_ontologies_count).returns({})
+    Goo.stubs(:sparql_query_client)
+  end
+
+  def test_skips_sleep_for_non_4store_backends
+    Goo.stubs(:backend_4s?).returns(false)
+    LinkedData::Mappings.expects(:handle_triple_store_downtime).never
+    LinkedData::Mappings.expects(:sleep).never
+
+    counts = LinkedData::Mappings.mapping_counts
+
+    assert_equal({ 'TEST1' => 0, 'TEST2' => 0 }, counts)
+  end
+
+  def test_preserves_sleep_for_4store
+    Goo.stubs(:backend_4s?).returns(true)
+    LinkedData::Mappings.expects(:handle_triple_store_downtime).twice
+    LinkedData::Mappings.expects(:sleep).with(5).twice
+
+    counts = LinkedData::Mappings.mapping_counts
+
+    assert_equal({ 'TEST1' => 0, 'TEST2' => 0 }, counts)
+  end
+end