diff --git a/bld/unit_testers/build-namelist_test.pl b/bld/unit_testers/build-namelist_test.pl
index bea379bdbd..be83da0f3d 100755
--- a/bld/unit_testers/build-namelist_test.pl
+++ b/bld/unit_testers/build-namelist_test.pl
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ sub cat_and_create_namelistinfile {
 #
 # Figure out number of tests that will run
 #
-my $ntests = 1844;
+my $ntests = 1841;
 if ( defined($opts{'compare'}) ) {
    $ntests += 1254;
 }