diff --git a/.travis/s390x.sh b/.travis/s390x.sh
index bc166744..c8ea6eb8 100644
--- a/.travis/s390x.sh
+++ b/.travis/s390x.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -x
 set -e
 
-DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get remove -y --purge mysql*
 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get update
 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-server unixodbc-dev git cmake gcc libssl-dev tar curl libcurl4-openssl-dev libkrb5-dev