diff --git a/openbis/build/build.xml b/openbis/build/build.xml
index 4ed8fe94590f2552b58662ba14b198eebd4fd005..549067be370c186fe36a3907ab0a8c2ef5403be2 100644
--- a/openbis/build/build.xml
+++ b/openbis/build/build.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         <sysproperty key="hibernate.search.index-mode" value="NO_INDEX" />
         <sysproperty key="hibernate.search.indexing_strategy" value="manual" />
         <sysproperty key="data-store-server-base-url" value="https://localhost:8889" />
-        <sysproperty key="gwt.args" value="-testMethodTimeout 2 -Xtries 2" />
+        <sysproperty key="gwt.args" value="-testMethodTimeout 2 -Xtries 1" />
         <formatter type="xml" />
         <test name="@{testsuite}" todir="${output.test}" />
       </junit>