diff --git a/make_db b/make_db
index 1d1e7d79f1a631a49316e9f0e22f76302c66ad54..b980f646c9b233c29c60958c5515948a6d66a00f 100755
--- a/make_db
+++ b/make_db
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ function runtests() {
 
     _execute_tests || ( echo "[FAILURE]" && exit 1 )
     echo "[PASS]"
-
-    # drop test database
-    #drop "$UNITTEST_DATABASE"
 }
 
 function _execute_tests () {