diff --git a/cluster/config-test.sh b/cluster/config-test.sh
index aa0df6e22d..aceef0482f 100755
--- a/cluster/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/config-test.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ZONE=us-central1-b
 MASTER_SIZE=g1-small
 MINION_SIZE=g1-small
-NUM_MINIONS=3
+NUM_MINIONS=2
 # gcloud/gcutil will expand this to the latest supported image.
 IMAGE=backports-debian-7-wheezy
 NETWORK=default
diff --git a/hack/e2e-suite/basic.sh b/hack/e2e-suite/basic.sh
index 08bc144f39..bbfe8cef9b 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-suite/basic.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-suite/basic.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ source "${KUBE_REPO_ROOT}/cluster/util.sh"
 detect-project
 
 # Launch a container
-$CLOUDCFG -p 8080:80 run dockerfile/nginx 3 myNginx
+$CLOUDCFG -p 8080:80 run dockerfile/nginx 2 myNginx
 
 # Container turn up on a clean cluster can take a while for the docker image pull.
 # Sleep for 2 minutes just to be sure.