diff --git a/tests/test_mpi.py b/tests/test_mpi.py
index 6acd6971577..3fa92c9c300 100644
--- a/tests/test_mpi.py
+++ b/tests/test_mpi.py
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ def test_trivial_eq_2d(self, mode):
             assert np.all(f.data_ro_domain[0, :-1, -1:] == side)
             assert np.all(f.data_ro_domain[0, -1:, :-1] == side)
 
-    @pytest.mark.parallel(mode=[(8, 'basic'), (8, 'basic2'), (8, 'diag'), (8, 'overlap'),
+    @pytest.mark.parallel(mode=[(8, 'basic2'), (8, 'diag'), (8, 'overlap'),
                                 (8, 'overlap2'), (8, 'diag2'), (8, 'full')])
     def test_trivial_eq_3d(self, mode):
         grid = Grid(shape=(8, 8, 8))
@@ -2656,8 +2656,8 @@ def run_adjoint_F(self, nd):
         assert np.isclose((term1 - term2)/term1, 0., rtol=1.e-10)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('nd', [1, 2, 3])
-    @pytest.mark.parallel(mode=[(4, 'basic'), (4, 'basic2'), (4, 'diag'),
-                                (4, 'overlap'), (4, 'overlap2'), (4, 'full')])
+    @pytest.mark.parallel(mode=[(4, 'basic2'), (4, 'diag'), (4, 'overlap'),
+                                (4, 'overlap2'), (4, 'full')])
     def test_adjoint_F(self, nd):
         self.run_adjoint_F(nd)