diff -up ./tests/dbtests/dbtests.sh.handle_time ./tests/dbtests/dbtests.sh
--- ./tests/dbtests/dbtests.sh.handle_time	2023-07-29 14:39:51.907864604 -0700
+++ ./tests/dbtests/dbtests.sh	2023-07-29 14:40:58.268377159 -0700
@@ -362,11 +362,12 @@ dbtest_main()
       dtime=$(time -p (certutil -K -d ${BIG_DIR} -f ${R_PWFILE}) 2>&1 1>/dev/null)
       echo "------------- time ----------------------"
       echo $dtime
+      expected_time=${NSS_EXPECTED_TIME-2}
       # now parse the real time to make sure it's subsecond
       RARRAY=($dtime)
       TIMEARRAY=(${RARRAY[1]//./ })
       echo "${TIMEARRAY[0]} seconds"
-      test ${TIMEARRAY[0]} -lt 2
+      test ${TIMEARRAY[0]} -lt ${expected_time}
       ret=$?
       html_msg ${ret} 0 "certutil dump keys with explicit default trust flags"
     fi