diff --git a/Inst_eddies/Tests/long_tests.json b/Inst_eddies/Tests/long_tests.json
index 112d3e7c7001ba92a74b6d7d430d2f2dd78ab191..6e644b611b792ee1b92f09c79038e384154d7aba 100644
--- a/Inst_eddies/Tests/long_tests.json
+++ b/Inst_eddies/Tests/long_tests.json
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
 	],
 	"create_file": ["config_nml.txt", "&config_nml /\n"],
 	"input": "&dates_nml date = 20454/\n",
-	"description": "Same as Extraction_eddies_region_4 with larger domain."
+	"description": "Same as Extraction_eddies_region_4 with larger domain.",
+	"exclude_cmp": ["n_slices.txt"]
     },
     {
         "create_file": ["config_nml.txt", "&config_nml /\n"],