diff --git a/core/internal/testutils/pgtest/pgtest.go b/core/internal/testutils/pgtest/pgtest.go
index ea1dbea07bc..ee17d8f4d14 100644
--- a/core/internal/testutils/pgtest/pgtest.go
+++ b/core/internal/testutils/pgtest/pgtest.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func NewSqlxDB(t testing.TB) *sqlx.DB {
 		t.Errorf("you must provide a CL_DATABASE_URL environment variable")
 		return nil
 	}
-	return pg.NewSqlxDB(t, dbURL)
+	return pg.NewTestDB(t, dbURL)
 }
 
 func MustExec(t *testing.T, ds sqlutil.DataSource, stmt string, args ...interface{}) {