diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-17.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-17.phx2.fedoraproject.org
index c5824e5b7e..06830f7522 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-17.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-17.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 
 vmhost: buildvmhost-06.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-mem_size: 12288
+mem_size: 8192
 num_cpus: 3
 lvm_size: 130000
 eth0_ip: 10.5.125.114