diff --git a/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_forest_commit.cxx b/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_forest_commit.cxx
index cffb78305f..2ce79d23ea 100644
--- a/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_forest_commit.cxx
+++ b/test/t8_forest/t8_gtest_forest_commit.cxx
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ TEST_P (forest_commit, test_forest_commit)
   t8_forest_t forest_ada_bal_part;
   t8_forest_t forest_abp_3part;
 
-#ifdef T8_ENABLE_DEBUG
+#ifdef T8_ENABLE_LESS_TESTS
   int level_step = 2;
 #else
   int level_step = 3;
diff --git a/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_face_descendant.cxx b/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_face_descendant.cxx
index cfbd0b93ba..ff8c42a5a2 100644
--- a/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_face_descendant.cxx
+++ b/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_face_descendant.cxx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class class_descendant: public TestDFS {
 TEST_P (class_descendant, t8_check_face_desc)
 {
 
-#ifdef T8_ENABLE_DEBUG
+#ifdef T8_ENABLE_LESS_TESTS
   const int maxlvl = 3;
 #else
   const int maxlvl = 5;
diff --git a/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_face_neigh.cxx b/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_face_neigh.cxx
index ebc76cc6ab..318eaf9db8 100644
--- a/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_face_neigh.cxx
+++ b/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_face_neigh.cxx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class face_neigh: public testing::TestWithParam<t8_eclass_t> {
   t8_eclass_scheme_c *ts;
   t8_eclass_t eclass;
 
-#ifdef T8_ENABLE_DEBUG
+#ifdef T8_ENABLE_LESS_TESTS
   const int maxlvl = 3;
 #else
   const int maxlvl = 4;
diff --git a/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_successor.cxx b/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_successor.cxx
index adff9684e7..9441a97e69 100644
--- a/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_successor.cxx
+++ b/test/t8_schemes/t8_gtest_successor.cxx
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ t8_deep_successor (t8_element_t *element, t8_element_t *successor, t8_element_t
 
 TEST_P (class_successor, test_recursive_and_deep_successor)
 {
-#ifdef T8_ENABLE_DEBUG
+#ifdef T8_ENABLE_LESS_TESTS
   const int maxlvl = 3;
 #else
   const int maxlvl = 4;