diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate_longpoll.py b/qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate_longpoll.py
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate_longpoll.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate_longpoll.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
-        self.num_nodes = 4
+        self.num_nodes = 2
         self.setup_clean_chain = False
 
     def run_test(self):
@@ -84,5 +84,6 @@
         thr.join(60 + 20)
         assert(not thr.is_alive())
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     GetBlockTemplateLPTest().main()