diff --git a/src/test/backups-test.js b/src/test/backups-test.js
index 72b699c9c..0e881d98b 100644
--- a/src/test/backups-test.js
+++ b/src/test/backups-test.js
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ describe('backups', function () {
 
         it('can backup', function (done) {
             // arch only has maria db which lacks some mysqldump options we need, this is only here to allow running the tests :-/
-            if (require('child_process').execSync('/usr/bin/mysqldump --version').toString().indexOf('MariaDB') !== -1) done();
+            if (require('child_process').execSync('/usr/bin/mysqldump --version').toString().indexOf('MariaDB') !== -1) return done();
 
             createBackup(function (error, result) {
                 expect(error).to.be(null);
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ describe('backups', function () {
 
         it('can take another backup', function (done) {
             // arch only has maria db which lacks some mysqldump options we need, this is only here to allow running the tests :-/
-            if (require('child_process').execSync('/usr/bin/mysqldump --version').toString().indexOf('MariaDB') !== -1) done();
+            if (require('child_process').execSync('/usr/bin/mysqldump --version').toString().indexOf('MariaDB') !== -1) return done();
 
             createBackup(function (error, result) {
                 expect(error).to.be(null);
diff --git a/src/test/database-test.js b/src/test/database-test.js
index 35ab07c6d..37587ef50 100644
--- a/src/test/database-test.js
+++ b/src/test/database-test.js
@@ -2022,6 +2022,9 @@ describe('database', function () {
         });
 
         it('can export to file', function (done) {
+            // arch only has maria db which lacks some mysqldump options we need, this is only here to allow running the tests :-/
+            if (require('child_process').execSync('/usr/bin/mysqldump --version').toString().indexOf('MariaDB') !== -1) return done();
+
             database.exportToFile('/tmp/box.mysqldump', function (error) {
                 expect(error).to.be(null);
                 done();
@@ -2029,6 +2032,9 @@ describe('database', function () {
         });
 
         it('can import from file', function (done) {
+            // arch only has maria db which lacks some mysqldump options we need, this is only here to allow running the tests :-/
+            if (require('child_process').execSync('/usr/bin/mysqldump --version').toString().indexOf('MariaDB') !== -1) return done();
+
             database.importFromFile('/tmp/box.mysqldump', function (error) {
                 expect(error).to.be(null);
                 done();