diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
index bbde34c929..95e107373b 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
@@ -1901,8 +1901,7 @@ sub connect_ok
 		'postgres',
 		$sql,
 		extra_params  => ['-w'],
-		connstr       => "$connstr",
-		on_error_stop => 0);
+		connstr       => "$connstr");
 
 	is($ret, 0, $test_name);