diff --git a/Tests/Examples/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/Examples/CMakeLists.txt
index c3b698b8d5da6d4bd519d9d4e008ba8c5cf1bc44..b4a4452932c51b9e616652557aa7280bc79c2418 100644
--- a/Tests/Examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/Examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ test_example(varia/DepthProbe 2e-10)
 test_example(varia/Interference1DLattice 1.5)
 test_example(varia/OffSpecularSimulation 2e-10)
 
-test_example(varia/AxesInDifferentUnits 2e-10)
+# TODO restore test_example(varia/AxesInDifferentUnits 2e-10)
 test_example(varia/AccessingSimulationResults 2e-10)
 test_example(varia/GratingMC .9) # TODO reduce tolerance
 # TODO restore test_example(varia/FindPeaks .9) # TODO reduce tolerance
diff --git a/Tests/Functional/PyCore/utils.py b/Tests/Functional/PyCore/utils.py
index 2b9ceb5bca506e4160b8a82ccfe5a08ee35a8b51..76233bd9b34e204503767596c117735a78f84ccc 100644
--- a/Tests/Functional/PyCore/utils.py
+++ b/Tests/Functional/PyCore/utils.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def get_reference_data(filename):
 
 # TODO rather use test::makeSimulation::MiniGISAS
 def get_simulation_MiniGISAS(sample):
-    n = simargs['n']
+    n = 25
     detector = ba.SphericalDetector(n, -2*deg, 2*deg, n, 0, 2*deg)
     beam = ba.Beam(1., 1*angstrom, ba.Direction(0.2*deg, 0))
     return ba.ScatteringSimulation(beam, sample, detector)