diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/mpmc_blocking_q.h b/include/spdlog/details/mpmc_blocking_q.h
index 32248ecf..07cd261a 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/mpmc_blocking_q.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/mpmc_blocking_q.h
@@ -71,13 +71,7 @@ public:
         pop_cv_.notify_one();
         return true;
     }
-
-    // wait until the queue is empty
-    void wait_empty()
-    {
-        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(queue_mutex_);
-        pop_cv_.wait(lock, [this] { return this->q_.empty(); });
-    }
+  
 
 private:
     size_t max_items_;
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool.h b/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool.h
index 6739f731..fc9dc39f 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool.h
@@ -138,11 +138,7 @@ public:
     {
         return msg_counter_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
     }
-
-    void wait_empty()
-    {
-        q_.wait_empty();
-    }
+    
 
 private:
     std::atomic<size_t> msg_counter_; // total # of messages processed in this pool
diff --git a/tests/test_async.cpp b/tests/test_async.cpp
index 7a5ba337..407cecc7 100644
--- a/tests/test_async.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_async.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ TEST_CASE("tp->wait_empty() ", "[async]")
     using namespace spdlog;
     auto test_sink = std::make_shared<sinks::test_sink_mt>();
     test_sink->set_delay(std::chrono::milliseconds(5));
-    size_t messages = 50;
+    size_t messages = 100;
 
     auto tp = std::make_shared<details::thread_pool>(messages, 2);
     auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::block_retry);
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ TEST_CASE("tp->wait_empty() ", "[async]")
         logger->info("Hello message #{}", i);
     }
     logger->flush();
-    tp->wait_empty();
+    tp.reset();
+
 
     REQUIRE(test_sink->msg_counter() == messages);
     REQUIRE(test_sink->flush_counter() == 1);