diff --git a/mne/tests/test_coreg.py b/mne/tests/test_coreg.py
index 11b6bed4363..427ca30d1d7 100644
--- a/mne/tests/test_coreg.py
+++ b/mne/tests/test_coreg.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def make_dig(coords, cf):
     assert_array_almost_equal(trans_est['trans'], trans['trans'])
 
 
-@pytest.mark.timeout(90)  # can take longer than 30 sec on Travis
+@pytest.mark.slowtest  # can take forever on OSX Travis
 @testing.requires_testing_data
 def test_scale_mri():
     """Test creating fsaverage and scaling it."""
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ def test_scale_mri():
         assert ssrc[0]['dist'] is not None
 
 
-@pytest.mark.slowtest
-@pytest.mark.timeout(60)  # >30 sec on Travis
+@pytest.mark.slowtest  # can take forever on OSX Travis
 @testing.requires_testing_data
 @requires_nibabel()
 def test_scale_mri_xfm():