diff --git a/tests/unistd/nice.c b/tests/unistd/nice.c
index bd86637b61..ea5fb7b244 100644
--- a/tests/unistd/nice.c
+++ b/tests/unistd/nice.c
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 #include "test_helpers.h"
 
 int main(void) {
-    // XXX: in linux sometimes the start prio is random
-    int s1 = setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, 0);
-    ERROR_IF(setpriority, s1, == -1);
-
     errno = 0;
     int p1 = getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
     ERROR_IF(getpriority, errno, != 0);
@@ -19,16 +15,9 @@ int main(void) {
     errno = 0;
     int p2 = getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
     ERROR_IF(getpriority, errno, != 0);
-    UNEXP_IF(nice, p2, != p1 + 5);
+    // XXX: in linux sometimes the start prio is random
+    UNEXP_IF(nice, p2, != p1 + 5 && p2 != 19);
     UNEXP_IF(nice, n1, != p2);
 
-    int s2 = setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, 15);
-    ERROR_IF(setpriority, s2, == -1);
-
-    errno = 0;
-    int p3 = getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
-    ERROR_IF(getpriority, errno, != 0);
-    UNEXP_IF(getpriority, p3, != 15);
-
     return 0;
 }
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