diff --git a/cli/cli.cc b/cli/cli.cc
index a6e28d6ad..3caabb3b1 100644
--- a/cli/cli.cc
+++ b/cli/cli.cc
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 #include <libtransmission/error.h>
 #include <libtransmission/file.h>
 #include <libtransmission/tr-getopt.h>
-#include <libtransmission/utils.h> /* tr_wait_msec */
+#include <libtransmission/utils.h> /* tr_wait() */
 #include <libtransmission/variant.h>
 #include <libtransmission/version.h>
 #include <libtransmission/web-utils.h>
 #include <libtransmission/web.h> // tr_sessionFetch()
 
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+
 /***
 ****
 ***/
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ int tr_main(int argc, char* argv[])
         waitingOnWeb = true;
         while (waitingOnWeb)
         {
-            tr_wait_msec(1000);
+            tr_wait(1s);
         }
     }
     else
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@ int tr_main(int argc, char* argv[])
             "Error:",
         };
 
-        tr_wait_msec(200);
+        tr_wait(200ms);
 
         if (gotsig)
         {
diff --git a/libtransmission/utils.cc b/libtransmission/utils.cc
index ffe3a0b4e..857db6694 100644
--- a/libtransmission/utils.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/utils.cc
@@ -237,22 +237,6 @@ uint64_t tr_time_msec()
     return std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch() / 1ms;
 }
 
-void tr_wait_msec(long int delay_milliseconds)
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-
-    Sleep((DWORD)delay_milliseconds);
-
-#else
-
-    struct timespec ts = {};
-    ts.tv_sec = delay_milliseconds / 1000;
-    ts.tv_nsec = (delay_milliseconds % 1000) * 1000000;
-    nanosleep(&ts, nullptr);
-
-#endif
-}
-
 /***
 ****
 ***/
diff --git a/libtransmission/utils.h b/libtransmission/utils.h
index 4fc1b59a9..71ffe87e2 100644
--- a/libtransmission/utils.h
+++ b/libtransmission/utils.h
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cctype>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <cstdint> // uint8_t, uint32_t, uint64_t
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
 #include <ctime> // time_t
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
+#include <thread>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -85,8 +87,12 @@ constexpr auto tr_saveFile(std::string_view filename, ContiguousRange const& x,
 /** @brief return the current date in milliseconds */
 [[nodiscard]] uint64_t tr_time_msec();
 
-/** @brief sleep the specified number of milliseconds */
-void tr_wait_msec(long int delay_milliseconds);
+/** @brief sleep for the specified duration */
+template<class rep, class period>
+void tr_wait(std::chrono::duration<rep, period> const& delay)
+{
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(delay);
+}
 
 template<typename T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_integral<T>::value, bool> = true>
 [[nodiscard]] std::optional<T> tr_parseNum(std::string_view str, std::string_view* setme_remainder = nullptr, int base = 10);
diff --git a/libtransmission/verify.cc b/libtransmission/verify.cc
index 62c5a4fd6..af54f8246 100644
--- a/libtransmission/verify.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/verify.cc
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "torrent.h"
 #include "tr-assert.h"
-#include "utils.h" // tr_time(), tr_wait_msec()
+#include "utils.h" // tr_time(), tr_wait()
 #include "verify.h"
 
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+
 namespace
 {
 
-auto constexpr MsecToSleepPerSecondDuringVerify = int{ 100 };
+auto constexpr SleepPerSecondDuringVerify = 100ms;
 
 }
 
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ bool tr_verify_worker::verifyTorrent(tr_torrent* tor, std::atomic<bool> const& s
             if (auto const now = tr_time(); last_slept_at != now)
             {
                 last_slept_at = now;
-                tr_wait_msec(MsecToSleepPerSecondDuringVerify);
+                tr_wait(SleepPerSecondDuringVerify);
             }
 
             sha->clear();
@@ -275,6 +277,6 @@ tr_verify_worker::~tr_verify_worker()
 
     while (verify_thread_id_.has_value())
     {
-        tr_wait_msec(20);
+        tr_wait(20ms);
     }
 }
diff --git a/libtransmission/web.cc b/libtransmission/web.cc
index 2e6850241..4f2c5f05c 100644
--- a/libtransmission/web.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/web.cc
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ public:
                 ++repeats;
                 if (repeats > 1U)
                 {
-                    tr_wait_msec(100);
+                    tr_wait(100ms);
                 }
             }
             else
diff --git a/tests/libtransmission/test-fixtures.h b/tests/libtransmission/test-fixtures.h
index 4c8755f4b..5636a5da4 100644
--- a/tests/libtransmission/test-fixtures.h
+++ b/tests/libtransmission/test-fixtures.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ inline bool waitFor(std::function<bool()> const& test, std::chrono::milliseconds
             return false;
         }
 
-        tr_wait_msec(10);
+        tr_wait(10ms);
     }
 }