diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/Sleeper.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/Sleeper.java
index 82e5810cdeb72..52782e2f12354 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/Sleeper.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/Sleeper.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.openqa.selenium.support.ui;
 
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
@@ -24,26 +25,7 @@
  */
 public interface Sleeper {
 
-  public static final Sleeper SYSTEM_SLEEPER = new Sleeper() {
-
-    /**
-     * Sleeps for the specified duration of time.
-     *
-     * @deprecated use {@link #sleep(java.time.Duration)}
-     *
-     * @param duration How long to sleep.
-     * @throws InterruptedException If the thread is interrupted while sleeping.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public void sleep(Duration duration) throws InterruptedException {
-      Thread.sleep(duration.in(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void sleep(java.time.Duration duration) throws InterruptedException {
-      Thread.sleep(duration.toMillis());
-    }
-  };
+  Sleeper SYSTEM_SLEEPER = duration -> Thread.sleep(duration.toMillis());
 
   /**
    * Sleeps for the specified duration of time.
@@ -54,7 +36,9 @@ public void sleep(java.time.Duration duration) throws InterruptedException {
    * @throws InterruptedException If the thread is interrupted while sleeping.
    */
   @Deprecated
-  void sleep(Duration duration) throws InterruptedException;
+  default void sleep(Duration duration) throws InterruptedException {
+    sleep(java.time.Duration.of(duration.in(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS), ChronoUnit.MICROS));
+  }
 
   /**
    * Sleeps for the specified duration of time.
diff --git a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/TickingClock.java b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/TickingClock.java
index 7d73847768dbf..3060b1a6d7bec 100644
--- a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/TickingClock.java
+++ b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/TickingClock.java
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.openqa.selenium.support.ui;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-
 public class TickingClock implements Clock, Sleeper {
   private long now = 0;
 
@@ -34,12 +32,8 @@ public boolean isNowBefore(long endInMillis) {
     return now < endInMillis;
   }
 
-  public void sleep(Duration duration) {
-    now += duration.in(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-  }
-
   @Override
-  public void sleep(java.time.Duration duration) throws InterruptedException {
+  public void sleep(java.time.Duration duration) {
     now += duration.toMillis();
   }
 }