diff --git a/bob/bio/face/test/test_databases.py b/bob/bio/face/test/test_databases.py
index 9a6c28669e3679addd460da3d6aec23e5f1934bd..4d55ff7e91dbf0eb684ae581a333f92b1e228c9c 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/test/test_databases.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/test/test_databases.py
@@ -174,9 +174,8 @@ def test_mobio():
 
     # Sanity check on mobio-male
     database = MobioDatabase(protocol="mobile0-male")
-
-    assert len(database.treferences()) == 16
-    assert len(database.zprobes()) == 1920
+    assert len(database.treferences()) == 8
+    assert len(database.zprobes()) == 960
     assert len(database.background_model_samples()) == 9600
 
     assert len(database.references()) == 24