diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 93cf1b1f9..cb426ec76 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ before_install:
     - sudo apt-get -qq update
     - sudo apt-get install -y libsodium-dev
     - pecl install libsodium
+    - mysql_upgrade -u root
     - composer validate
 
 install:
@@ -44,8 +45,6 @@ install:
 
 before_script:
      # Create mysql database and user.
-     - echo "USE mysql;\nUPDATE user SET password='test' WHERE user='root';\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;\n" | mysql -u root
-     - mysql_upgrade -u root -ptest
      - mysql -u root -e "SET GLOBAL innodb_file_per_table = 1;"
      - mysql -u root -e "SET GLOBAL innodb_file_format = BARRACUDA;"
      - mysql -u root -e "SET GLOBAL innodb_large_prefix = 1;"