diff --git a/test/pidfile.c b/test/pidfile.c
index a627dc7..79fa92e 100644
--- a/test/pidfile.c
+++ b/test/pidfile.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static int mtime()
 	char buf[80];
 
 	/* Must sleep a while here otherwise we execute too fast => no mtime change :-( */
-	usleep(10000);
+	sleep(2);
 
 	PRINT("Calling pidfile() again to update mtime ...\n");
 	if (pidfile(pidfile_arg))
diff --git a/test/touch.c b/test/touch.c
index f1630a9..d8d2cd6 100644
--- a/test/touch.c
+++ b/test/touch.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static int mtime(char *file)
 	stat(file, &before);
 
 	/* Must sleep a while here otherwise we execute too fast => no mtime change :-( */
-	usleep(10000);
+	sleep(2);
 
 	PRINT("Calling touch() again to update mtime ...\n");
 	if (touch(file)) {