--- test/manydb.test
+++ test/manydb.test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
 
-set N 300
+set N 100
 # if we're using proxy locks, we use 5 filedescriptors for a db
 # that is open and in the middle of writing changes, normally
 # sqlite uses 3 (proxy locking adds the conch and the local lock)