diff --git a/tests/functional/BaseApiTest.php b/tests/functional/BaseApiTest.php
index e57d706..17548c8 100644
--- a/tests/functional/BaseApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/functional/BaseApiTest.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ abstract class BaseApiTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
                 $pdo->exec('KILL '.$row['id']);
             }
             $pdo->exec('DROP DATABASE '.DB_NAME);
-            $pdo->exec('CREATE DATABASE '.DB_NAME.' WITH OWNER '.DB_USERNAME);
+            $pdo->exec('CREATE DATABASE '.DB_NAME);
             $pdo = null;
         } else if (file_exists(DB_FILENAME)) {
             unlink(DB_FILENAME);
diff --git a/tests/unit/BaseTest.php b/tests/unit/BaseTest.php
index c00063e..dfa9e0e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/BaseTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/BaseTest.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ abstract class BaseTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         } else if (DB_DRIVER === 'mysql') {
             $pdo = new PDO('mysql:host='.DB_HOSTNAME, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD);
             $pdo->exec('DROP DATABASE '.DB_NAME);
-            $pdo->exec('CREATE DATABASE '.DB_NAME.' WITH OWNER '.DB_USERNAME);
+            $pdo->exec('CREATE DATABASE '.DB_NAME);
             $pdo = null;
         }