diff --git a/binderhub/tests/test_build.py b/binderhub/tests/test_build.py
index 42a7ecd762..040d63b9f4 100644
--- a/binderhub/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/binderhub/tests/test_build.py
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio(timeout=900)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("slug", [
-    "gh/binderhub-ci-repos/requirements/d687a7f9e6946ab01ef2baa7bd6d5b73c6e904fd",
-    "git/{}/d687a7f9e6946ab01ef2baa7bd6d5b73c6e904fd".format(
-        quote("https://github.com/binderhub-ci-repos/requirements", safe='')
+    "gh/binder-examples/minimal-dockerfile/truly-minimal",
+    "git/{}/truly-minimal".format(
+        quote("https://github.com/binder-examples/minimal-dockerfile", safe='')
     ),
-    "git/{}/master".format(
-        quote("https://github.com/binderhub-ci-repos/requirements", safe='')
-    ),
-    "gl/minrk%2Fbinderhub-ci/0d4a217d40660efaa58761d8c6084e7cf5453cca",
+    "gl/consideRatio%2Fbinderhub-ci-repo/HEAD",
 ])
 @pytest.mark.remote
 async def test_build(app, needs_build, needs_launch, always_build, slug, pytestconfig):
+    """
+    Test build a repo that is very quick and easy to build.
+    """
     # can't use mark.github_api since only some tests here use GitHub
     if slug.startswith('gh/') and "not github_api" in pytestconfig.getoption('markexpr'):
         pytest.skip("Skipping GitHub API test")