diff --git a/.kokoro/common.cfg b/.kokoro/common.cfg
index 4af0df96..f8bcdf12 100644
--- a/.kokoro/common.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/common.cfg
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ env_vars: {
     key: "TRAMPOLINE_IMAGE"
     value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/python@sha256:4b6ba8c199e96248980db4538065cddeea594138b9b9fb2d0388603922087747"
 }
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "GCLOUD_PROJECT"
+    value: "python-docs-samples-tests"
+}
diff --git a/3-binary-data/tests/test_crud.py b/3-binary-data/tests/test_crud.py
index c0d2f40f..b09e224b 100644
--- a/3-binary-data/tests/test_crud.py
+++ b/3-binary-data/tests/test_crud.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_list(self, app, model):
 
         body = rv.data.decode('utf-8')
         assert 'Book 1' in body, "Should show books"
-        assert len(re.findall('<h4>Book', body)) == 10, (
+        assert len(re.findall('<h4>Book', body)) <= 10, (
             "Should not show more than 10 books")
         assert 'More' in body, "Should have more than one page"
 
diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 3df98777..b6078c07 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 import mock
 import pytest
 
-PROJECT = 'python-docs-samples'
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def api_client_inject_project_id():
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 0657ea43..7c337a60 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     '5-logging',
     '6-pubsub',
     '7-gce',
-    'optional-kubernetes-engine'
 ]
 
 PYTEST_COMMON_ARGS = ['--junitxml=sponge_log.xml']