diff --git a/src/database.js b/src/database.js
index 50c8b50d7..d6c1e6b0e 100644
--- a/src/database.js
+++ b/src/database.js
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ async function exportToFile(file) {
 
     // latest mysqldump enables column stats by default which is not present in MySQL 5.7 server
     // this option must not be set in production cloudrons which still use the old mysqldump
-    const disableColStats = (constants.TEST && require('fs').readFileSync('/etc/lsb-release', 'utf-8').includes('20.04')) ? '--column-statistics=0' : '';
+    const colStats = (!constants.TEST && require('fs').readFileSync('/etc/lsb-release', 'utf-8').includes('20.04')) ? '--column-statistics=0' : '';
 
-    const cmd = `/usr/bin/mysqldump -h "${gDatabase.hostname}" -u root -p${gDatabase.password} ${disableColStats} --single-transaction --routines --triggers ${gDatabase.name} > "${file}"`;
+    const cmd = `/usr/bin/mysqldump -h "${gDatabase.hostname}" -u root -p${gDatabase.password} ${colStats} --single-transaction --routines --triggers ${gDatabase.name} > "${file}"`;
 
     const [error] = await safe(shell.promises.exec('exportToFile', cmd));
     if (error) throw new BoxError(BoxError.DATABASE_ERROR, error);
diff --git a/src/test/database-test.js b/src/test/database-test.js
index 6f449e62b..decd8a577 100644
--- a/src/test/database-test.js
+++ b/src/test/database-test.js
@@ -36,16 +36,10 @@ describe('database', function () {
         });
 
         it('can export to file', async function () {
-            // arch only has maria db which lacks some mysqldump options we need, this is only here to allow running the tests :-/
-            if (!fs.readFileSync('/etc/lsb-release', 'utf8').includes('Ubuntu')) return;
-
             await database.exportToFile('/tmp/box.mysqldump');
         });
 
         it('can import from file', async function () {
-            // arch only has maria db which lacks some mysqldump options we need, this is only here to allow running the tests :-/
-            if (!fs.readFileSync('/etc/lsb-release', 'utf8').includes('Ubuntu')) return;
-
             await database.importFromFile('/tmp/box.mysqldump');
         });
     });