diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index b3fcd2f..55e4179 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -628,43 +628,6 @@ async def test_aps_data_request_relays(relays, api, mock_command_rsp):
         assert "has non-trailing optional argument" in str(exc.value)
 
 
-@patch(
-    "zigpy_deconz.api.REQUEST_RETRY_DELAYS",
-    [None if v is None else 0 for v in deconz_api.REQUEST_RETRY_DELAYS],
-)
-async def test_aps_data_request_retries_busy(api, mock_command_rsp):
-    await api.connect()
-
-    mock_rsp = mock_command_rsp(
-        command_id=deconz_api.CommandId.aps_data_request,
-        params={},
-        rsp={
-            "status": deconz_api.Status.BUSY,
-            "frame_length": t.uint16_t(9),
-            "payload_length": t.uint16_t(2),
-            "device_state": deconz_api.DeviceState(
-                network_state=deconz_api.NetworkState2.CONNECTED,
-                device_state=(
-                    deconz_api.DeviceStateFlags.APSDE_DATA_REQUEST_FREE_SLOTS_AVAILABLE
-                ),
-            ),
-            "request_id": t.uint8_t(0x00),
-        },
-    )
-
-    with pytest.raises(deconz_api.CommandError):
-        await api.aps_data_request(
-            req_id=0x00,
-            dst_addr_ep=t.DeconzAddressEndpoint.deserialize(b"\x02\xaa\x55\x01")[0],
-            profile=0x0104,
-            cluster=0x0007,
-            src_ep=1,
-            aps_payload=b"aps payload",
-        )
-
-    assert len(mock_rsp.mock_calls) == 4
-
-
 async def test_aps_data_request_retries_failure(api, mock_command_rsp):
     await api.connect()
 
diff --git a/zigpy_deconz/api.py b/zigpy_deconz/api.py
index 2a2d77d..2744407 100644
--- a/zigpy_deconz/api.py
+++ b/zigpy_deconz/api.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 MISMATCHED_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT = 0.5
 COMMAND_TIMEOUT = 1.8
 PROBE_TIMEOUT = 2
-REQUEST_RETRY_DELAYS = (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, None)
 
 FRAME_LENGTH = object()
 PAYLOAD_LENGTH = object()
@@ -872,37 +871,27 @@ async def aps_data_request(
             assert len(relays) <= 9
             flags |= t.DeconzSendDataFlags.RELAYS
 
-        for delay in REQUEST_RETRY_DELAYS:
-            if not self._free_slots_available_event.is_set():
-                LOGGER.debug("Waiting for free slots to become available")
-                await self._free_slots_available_event.wait()
+        if not self._free_slots_available_event.is_set():
+            LOGGER.debug("Waiting for free slots to become available")
+            await self._free_slots_available_event.wait()
 
-            try:
-                rsp = await self.send_command(
-                    CommandId.aps_data_request,
-                    request_id=req_id,
-                    flags=flags,
-                    dst=dst_addr_ep,
-                    profile_id=profile,
-                    cluster_id=cluster,
-                    src_ep=src_ep,
-                    asdu=aps_payload,
-                    tx_options=tx_options,
-                    radius=radius,
-                    relays=relays,
-                )
-            except CommandError as ex:
-                LOGGER.debug("'aps_data_request' failure: %s", ex)
-                if delay is None or ex.status != Status.BUSY:
-                    raise
+        rsp = await self.send_command(
+            CommandId.aps_data_request,
+            request_id=req_id,
+            flags=flags,
+            dst=dst_addr_ep,
+            profile_id=profile,
+            cluster_id=cluster,
+            src_ep=src_ep,
+            asdu=aps_payload,
+            tx_options=tx_options,
+            radius=radius,
+            relays=relays,
+        )
 
-                LOGGER.debug("retrying 'aps_data_request' in %ss", delay)
-                await asyncio.sleep(delay)
-            else:
-                self._handle_device_state_changed(
-                    status=rsp["status"], device_state=rsp["device_state"]
-                )
-                return
+        self._handle_device_state_changed(
+            status=rsp["status"], device_state=rsp["device_state"]
+        )
 
     async def get_device_state(self) -> DeviceState:
         rsp = await self.send_command(CommandId.device_state)