diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 87a47734..e3ce3b1c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@ language: node_js
 node_js:
   - "0.10"
   - "0.11"
-before_script:
-  - psql -c 'create database travis_ci_test;' -U postgres
 env:
-  - PGUSER=postgres
-  - PGDATABASE=travis_ci_test
+  - PGUSER=postgres PGDATABASE=postgres