diff --git a/profiler/upload.go b/profiler/upload.go
index 5c48a6361b..0f0caf651c 100644
--- a/profiler/upload.go
+++ b/profiler/upload.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"math"
 	"math/rand"
 	"mime/multipart"
 	"net/http"
@@ -25,18 +24,6 @@ const maxRetries = 2
 var errOldAgent = errors.New("Datadog Agent is not accepting profiles. Agent-based profiling deployments " +
 	"require Datadog Agent >= 7.20")
 
-// backoffDuration calculates the backoff duration given an attempt number and max duration
-func backoffDuration(attempt int, max time.Duration) time.Duration {
-	// https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/exponential-backoff-and-jitter/
-	if attempt == 0 {
-		return 0
-	}
-	maxPow := float64(max / 100 * time.Millisecond)
-	pow := math.Min(math.Pow(2, float64(attempt)), maxPow)
-	ns := int64(float64(100*time.Millisecond) * pow)
-	return time.Duration(rand.Int63n(ns))
-}
-
 // upload tries to upload a batch of profiles. It has retry and backoff mechanisms.
 func (p *profiler) upload(bat batch) error {
 	statsd := p.cfg.statsd
@@ -45,7 +32,7 @@ func (p *profiler) upload(bat batch) error {
 		err = p.doRequest(bat)
 		if rerr, ok := err.(*retriableError); ok {
 			statsd.Count("datadog.profiler.go.upload_retry", 1, nil, 1)
-			wait := backoffDuration(i+1, p.cfg.cpuDuration)
+			wait := time.Duration(rand.Int63n(p.cfg.period.Nanoseconds()))
 			log.Error("Uploading profile failed: %v. Trying again in %s...", rerr, wait)
 			time.Sleep(wait)
 			continue