diff --git a/arduino-mk/Arduino.mk b/arduino-mk/Arduino.mk
index 84d6573..b47a025 100644
--- a/arduino-mk/Arduino.mk
+++ b/arduino-mk/Arduino.mk
@@ -840,16 +840,14 @@ $(CORE_LIB):	$(CORE_OBJS) $(LIB_OBJS) $(USER_LIB_OBJS)
 $(DEP_FILE):	$(OBJDIR) $(DEPS)
 		cat $(DEPS) > $(DEP_FILE)
 
-upload:		reset raw_upload
+upload:		raw_upload
 
-raw_upload:	$(TARGET_HEX)
+raw_upload:	reset $(TARGET_HEX)
 		$(AVRDUDE) $(AVRDUDE_COM_OPTS) $(AVRDUDE_ARD_OPTS) \
 			-U flash:w:$(TARGET_HEX):i
 
 reset:
 		$(RESET_CMD) $(ARD_PORT)
-		sleep 1 # If avrdude is called to early after the reset, the upload may
-		        # hang.
 
 # stty on MacOS likes -F, but on Debian it likes -f redirecting
 # stdin/out appears to work but generates a spurious error on MacOS at