diff --git a/tests/test_check_parallel.py b/tests/test_check_parallel.py
index f4ddef985b..5bc1a6f279 100644
--- a/tests/test_check_parallel.py
+++ b/tests/test_check_parallel.py
@@ -413,15 +413,9 @@ def test_invoke_single_job(self) -> None:
             (3, 1, 1),
             (3, 1, 2),
             (3, 1, 3),
-            (3, 5, 1),
-            (3, 5, 2),
-            (3, 5, 3),
             (10, 2, 1),
             (10, 2, 2),
             (10, 2, 3),
-            (2, 10, 1),
-            (2, 10, 2),
-            (2, 10, 3),
         ],
     )
     def test_compare_workers_to_single_proc(self, num_files, num_jobs, num_checkers):
@@ -513,15 +507,9 @@ def test_compare_workers_to_single_proc(self, num_files, num_jobs, num_checkers)
             (3, 1, 1),
             (3, 1, 2),
             (3, 1, 3),
-            (3, 5, 1),
-            (3, 5, 2),
-            (3, 5, 3),
             (10, 2, 1),
             (10, 2, 2),
             (10, 2, 3),
-            (2, 10, 1),
-            (2, 10, 2),
-            (2, 10, 3),
         ],
     )
     def test_map_reduce(self, num_files, num_jobs, num_checkers):