diff --git a/tests/integration/node-loopback-socket.sh b/tests/integration/node-loopback-socket.sh
index f3e246205..2ad0c2624 100755
--- a/tests/integration/node-loopback-socket.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/node-loopback-socket.sh
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ cat > ${CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
 			},
 			"in" : {
 				"address": "*:12000",
-				"signals" : [
-					{ "type" : "float" }
-				]
+				"signals" : {
+					"type" : "float",
+					"count" : 1
+				}
 			}
 		},
 		"node2": {
@@ -55,9 +56,10 @@ cat > ${CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
 			},
 			"in" : {
 				"address" : "*:12001",
-				"signals" : [
-					{ "type" : "float" }
-				]
+				"signals" : {
+					"type" : "float",
+					"count" : 1
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	},
diff --git a/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-nanomsg.sh b/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-nanomsg.sh
index 8f3966986..76cc7827b 100755
--- a/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-nanomsg.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-nanomsg.sh
@@ -50,13 +50,10 @@ cat > ${CONFIG_FILE} << EOF
 			"in" : {
 				"endpoints" : [ "tcp://127.0.0.1:12000" ],
 
-				"signals" : [
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" }
-				]
+				"signals" : {
+					"type" : "float",
+					"count" : 5
+				}
 			},
 			"out" : {
 				"endpoints" : [ "tcp://127.0.0.1:12000" ]
diff --git a/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-socket.sh b/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-socket.sh
index 67a306a27..9c96243cc 100755
--- a/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-socket.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-socket.sh
@@ -90,12 +90,10 @@ cat > ${CONFIG_FILE} << EOF
 			"in" : {
 				"address" : "${LOCAL}",
 				"verify_source" : ${VERIFY_SOURCE},
-				"signals" : [
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" }
-				]
+				"signals" : {
+					"count" : ${NUM_VALUES},
+					"type" : "float"
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-zeromq.sh b/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-zeromq.sh
index 29713673a..eb5d4e63d 100755
--- a/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-zeromq.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/pipe-loopback-zeromq.sh
@@ -52,13 +52,10 @@ cat > ${CONFIG_FILE} << EOF
 			},
 			"in" : {
 				"subscribe" : "tcp://127.0.0.1:12000",
-				"signals" : [
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" },
-					{ "type" : "float" }
-				]
+				"signals" : {
+					"type" : "float",
+					"count" : 5
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}