diff --git a/src/database.js b/src/database.js
index fb26f4301..c5afa89ab 100644
--- a/src/database.js
+++ b/src/database.js
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ async function uninitialize() {
 }
 
 async function clear() {
-    await fs.promises.writeFile('/tmp/extra.cnf', `[client]\nhost=${gDatabase.hostname}\nuser=${gDatabase.username}\npassword=${gDatabase.password}\ndatabase=${gDatabase.name}`, 'utf8');
+    const tables = await query("SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'box' AND table_name != 'migrations';");
+    const queries = [{ query: "SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;" }].concat(tables.map(q => { return { query: 'TRUNCATE TABLE ' + q.TABLE_NAME }; }));
 
-    const cmd = 'mysql --defaults-extra-file=/tmp/extra.cnf -Nse "SHOW TABLES" | grep -v "^migrations$" | while read table; do mysql --defaults-extra-file=/tmp/extra.cnf -e "SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0; TRUNCATE TABLE $table"; done';
-    await shell.bash(cmd, {});
+    await transaction(queries);
 }
 
 async function query() {