diff --git a/tests/test_backup.py b/tests/test_backup.py
index 6deec00e2223f014a87fd417a75478373afa509f..4af6313d9c7d39a6dc45bd0f330d43f8401e9660 100755
--- a/tests/test_backup.py
+++ b/tests/test_backup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import os
 import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import glob
 
 GREEN = '\033[92m'
 RED = '\033[91m'
@@ -80,18 +79,14 @@ def test_backup_space(server=None, path="/backup"):
 
 
 def check_backup_is_incremental(path):
+    # incremental backups done with tmbackup mean that they will all at least contain links
     dirs = os.listdir(path)
-    dirs.sort()
-
     for d in dirs:
-        num_folders = 0
+        files_count = 0
         folder_path = os.path.join(path, d)
         if os.path.isdir(folder_path):
-            media = glob.glob(os.path.join(path, d, "*/msinstance/media/resources/"))
-            for m in media:
-                num_folders += len(os.listdir(m))
-            print('%s: %s' % (d, num_folders))
-            if num_folders == 0:
+            files_count = len(os.listdir(folder_path))
+            if files_count == 0:
                 print('Folder %s is empty, this indicates non-incremental backups (we are expecting links)' % folder_path)
                 os.rmdir(folder_path)
                 print('Folder removed')