diff --git a/rubygem-mysql2.spec b/rubygem-mysql2.spec
index 0ed6f6f..4922512 100644
--- a/rubygem-mysql2.spec
+++ b/rubygem-mysql2.spec
@@ -109,12 +109,6 @@ for i in $(seq 10); do
   echo "Waiting connections... ${i}"
 done
 
-# See https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2/blob/master/ci/setup.sh
-mysql -u root \
-  -e 'CREATE DATABASE /*M!50701 IF NOT EXISTS */ test' \
-  -S "${MYSQL_TEST_SOCKET}" \
-  -P "${MYSQL_TEST_PORT}"
-
 # This GC method call is problematic on ppc64le builders, stalling the tests execution.
 # https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2/issues/1261
 %ifarch ppc64le