diff --git a/nixos/tests/mysql.nix b/nixos/tests/mysql.nix
index f712357b9ff..abf9606aa36 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/mysql.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/mysql.nix
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
         users.users.testuser = { };
         services.mysql.enable = true;
         services.mysql.initialScript = pkgs.writeText "mariadb-init.sql" ''
-          echo "ALTER USER root@localhost IDENTIFIED WITH unix_socket;"
-          echo "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE password = ''' AND plugin = ''';"
-          echo "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE user = ''';"
-          echo "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+          ALTER USER root@localhost IDENTIFIED WITH unix_socket;
+          DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE password = ''' AND plugin = ''';
+          DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE user = ''';
+          FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
         '';
         services.mysql.ensureDatabases = [ "testdb" ];
         services.mysql.ensureUsers = [{