diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98be03d..87ba612 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
     "aws-crt": "^1.20.0",
     "buffer": "^6.0.3",
     "crypto-browserify": "^3.12.0",
-    "delay": "^6.0.0",
     "dropbox": "^10.34.0",
     "emoji-regex": "^10.3.0",
     "http-status-codes": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/src/misc.ts b/src/misc.ts
index 39121d2..f19954d 100644
--- a/src/misc.ts
+++ b/src/misc.ts
@@ -513,6 +513,14 @@ export const stringToFragment = (string: string) => {
   return wrapper.content;
 };
 
+/**
+ * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39538473/using-settimeout-on-promise-chain
+ * @param ms 
+ * @returns 
+ */
+export const delay = (ms: number) =>
+  new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+
 /**
  * https://forum.obsidian.md/t/css-to-show-status-bar-on-mobile-devices/77185
  * @param op
@@ -550,7 +558,7 @@ export const changeMobileStatusBar = (
             k.className.contains("mobile-toolbar")
           ) {
             // have to wait, otherwise the height is not correct??
-            await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 300));
+            await delay(300);
             const height = window
               .getComputedStyle(k as Element)
               .getPropertyValue("height");
diff --git a/src/remoteForDropbox.ts b/src/remoteForDropbox.ts
index c21e147..1c0ab9e 100644
--- a/src/remoteForDropbox.ts
+++ b/src/remoteForDropbox.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { rangeDelay } from "delay";
 import { Dropbox, DropboxAuth } from "dropbox";
 import type { files, DropboxResponseError, DropboxResponse } from "dropbox";
 import { Vault } from "obsidian";
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from "./baseTypes";
 import {
   bufferToArrayBuffer,
+  delay,
   fixEntityListCasesInplace,
   getFolderLevels,
   hasEmojiInText,
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   mkdirpInVault,
 } from "./misc";
 import { Cipher } from "./encryptUnified";
+import { random } from "lodash";
 
 export { Dropbox } from "dropbox";
 
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ async function retryReq<T>(
           2
         )}`
       );
-      await rangeDelay(secMin * 1000, secMax * 1000);
+      await delay(random(secMin * 1000, secMax * 1000));
     }
   }
 }