diff --git a/wagtail/admin/tests/pages/test_edit_page.py b/wagtail/admin/tests/pages/test_edit_page.py
index 0c8c89cea4..2b70985069 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/tests/pages/test_edit_page.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/tests/pages/test_edit_page.py
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ class TestPageEdit(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
         )
 
     def test_page_edit_num_queries(self):
-        with self.assertNumQueries(53):
+        with self.assertNumQueries(39):
             self.client.get(
                 reverse("wagtailadmin_pages:edit", args=(self.event_page.id,))
             )