diff --git a/test/test_mpi_communication.py b/test/test_mpi_communication.py
index 05def1d257fc5f2afd21ea9a2fcba033c3aac7f6..db14dd13a81e1cb21079dab76ed0498b316f5c4d 100644
--- a/test/test_mpi_communication.py
+++ b/test/test_mpi_communication.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from grudge import sym, bind, Discretization
 from grudge.shortcuts import set_up_rk4
 
 
-def boundary_communication_entrypoint():
+def simple_communication_entrypoint():
     cl_ctx = cl.create_some_context()
     queue = cl.CommandQueue(cl_ctx)
     from meshmode.distributed import MPIMeshDistributor
@@ -208,19 +208,31 @@ def mpi_communication_entrypoint():
 # {{{ MPI test pytest entrypoint
 
 @pytest.mark.mpi
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("testcase", [
-    # "MPI_COMMUNICATION",
-    "BOUNDARY_COMMUNICATION"
-    ])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("num_ranks", [2])
-def test_mpi(testcase, num_ranks):
+def test_mpi(num_ranks):
     pytest.importorskip("mpi4py")
 
     from subprocess import check_call
     import sys
     newenv = os.environ.copy()
     newenv["RUN_WITHIN_MPI"] = "1"
-    newenv[testcase] = "1"
+    newenv["TEST_MPI_COMMUNICATION"] = "1"
+    check_call([
+        "mpiexec", "-np", str(num_ranks), "-x", "RUN_WITHIN_MPI",
+        sys.executable, __file__],
+        env=newenv)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.mpi
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("num_ranks", [2])
+def test_simple_mpi(num_ranks):
+    pytest.importorskip("mpi4py")
+
+    from subprocess import check_call
+    import sys
+    newenv = os.environ.copy()
+    newenv["RUN_WITHIN_MPI"] = "1"
+    newenv["TEST_SIMPLE_COMMUNICATION"] = "1"
     check_call([
         "mpiexec", "-np", str(num_ranks), "-x", "RUN_WITHIN_MPI",
         sys.executable, __file__],
@@ -230,10 +242,11 @@ def test_mpi(testcase, num_ranks):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if "MPI_COMMUNICATION" in os.environ:
-        mpi_communication_entrypoint()
-    elif "BOUNDARY_COMMUNICATION" in os.environ:
-        boundary_communication_entrypoint()
+    if "RUN_WITHIN_MPI" in os.environ:
+        if "TEST_MPI_COMMUNICATION" in os.environ:
+            mpi_communication_entrypoint()
+        elif "TEST_SIMPLE_COMMUNICATION" in os.environ:
+            simple_communication_entrypoint()
     else:
         import sys
         if len(sys.argv) > 1: