diff --git a/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/lda.py b/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/lda.py
index 58dff6eda17e65add925dac00e0770b188b0ef3d..dcb82db6e258ef27ca2806547a24159046fb8793 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/lda.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/lda.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import bob.bio.base
 import scipy.spatial
 
 algorithm = bob.bio.base.algorithm.LDA(
-    subspace_dimension = 50,
     distance_function = scipy.spatial.distance.euclidean,
     is_distance_function = True
 )
diff --git a/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/pca.py b/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/pca.py
index 29b6f309f03450ad3e83db52126954af50b8ea92..c1b4d7cc8dcfbcf6aecc8548f3ff516a74b71ef5 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/pca.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/pca.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import bob.bio.base
 import scipy.spatial
 
 algorithm = bob.bio.base.algorithm.PCA(
-    subspace_dimension = 30,
+    subspace_dimension = .95,
     distance_function = scipy.spatial.distance.euclidean,
     is_distance_function = True
 )
diff --git a/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/pca_lda.py b/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/pca_lda.py
index 8bf7c4a369693662732954ad3ed1133d3f5a379d..65cb7502f31ff04922a10affb8c2abe237cbd472 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/pca_lda.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/config/algorithm/pca_lda.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import bob.bio.base
 import scipy.spatial
 
 algorithm = bob.bio.base.algorithm.LDA(
-    subspace_dimension = 50,
-    pca_subspace_dimension = 100,
+    pca_subspace_dimension = 0.95,
     distance_function = scipy.spatial.distance.euclidean,
     is_distance_function = True
 )