diff --git a/Inst_eddies/Tests/long_tests.json b/Inst_eddies/Tests/long_tests.json
index 04da56a5ce2370cec6bcbdf56d4bbe8372a29466..dd6ca63ababbf3e8ab61dfe44cec597ff99014f9 100644
--- a/Inst_eddies/Tests/long_tests.json
+++ b/Inst_eddies/Tests/long_tests.json
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
     },
     {
         "input": "&main_nml /\n",
-        "required": ["$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/main_nml.txt"],
         "title": "Extraction_eddies_region_2_noise",
         "command":
 	[