diff --git a/software/erp5/test/test/test_mariadb.py b/software/erp5/test/test/test_mariadb.py
index f8e9c013c68f087c2fb3ef2766787a8264a3d97a..078c9b721132b6e32ff26f67bc60d82a38c24b02 100644
--- a/software/erp5/test/test/test_mariadb.py
+++ b/software/erp5/test/test/test_mariadb.py
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ class MariaDBTestCase(ERP5InstanceTestCase):
   """Base test case for mariadb tests.
   """
   __partition_reference__ = 'm'
-  # XXX mariadb_update service sleeps for 30 seconds before retrying,
-  # so this takes a lot of time to instance
-  instance_max_retry = 60
 
   @classmethod
   def getInstanceSoftwareType(cls):