diff --git a/bld/unit_testers/build-namelist_test.pl b/bld/unit_testers/build-namelist_test.pl
index a24b308620..cf5aedef9b 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 = 3259;
+my $ntests = 3256;
 
 if ( defined($opts{'compare'}) ) {
    $ntests += 2001;