diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/051_dropdb_force.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/051_dropdb_force.pl
index a252b43..5326395 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/051_dropdb_force.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/051_dropdb_force.pl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 use PostgresNode;
 use TestLib;
-use Test::More tests => 9;
+use Test::More tests => 8;
 
 # To avoid hanging while expecting some specific input from a psql
 # instance being driven by us, add a timeout high enough that it
@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ chomp($pid);
 $killme_stdout = '';
 $killme_stderr = '';
 
-# Check the connections on foobar1 database.
-is( $node->safe_psql(
-		'postgres',
-		qq[SELECT pid FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE datname='foobar1' AND pid = $pid;]
-	),
-	$pid,
-	'database foobar1 is used');
-
 # Now drop database with dropdb --force command.
 $node->issues_sql_like(
 	[ 'dropdb', '--force', 'foobar1' ],