diff --git a/make/testing_flags.mk b/make/testing_flags.mk
index f8293c1c..da5cbeb1 100644
--- a/make/testing_flags.mk
+++ b/make/testing_flags.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TEST_FLAGS =
 ITEST_FLAGS = 
 EXEC_SUFFIX =
 COVER_PKG = $$(go list -deps ./... | grep '$(PKG)' | grep -v lnrpc)
-NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES = 6
+NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES = 4
 ITEST_PARALLELISM = $(NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES)
 
 # If rpc option is set also add all extra RPC tags to DEV_TAGS