diff --git a/sqlx-postgres/src/testing/mod.rs b/sqlx-postgres/src/testing/mod.rs
index 2d2f203b23..778613f5d1 100644
--- a/sqlx-postgres/src/testing/mod.rs
+++ b/sqlx-postgres/src/testing/mod.rs
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ async fn test_context(args: &TestArgs) -> Result<TestContext<Postgres>, Error> {
         // I couldn't find a bug on the mailing list for `CREATE SCHEMA` specifically,
         // but a clearly related bug with `CREATE TABLE` has been known since 2007:
         // https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/200710222037.l9MKbCJZ098744%40wwwmaster.postgresql.org
-        r#"
-        lock table pg_catalog.pg_namespace in share row exclusive mode;
+        // lock table pg_catalog.pg_namespace in share row exclusive mode;
 
+        r#"
         create schema if not exists _sqlx_test;
 
         create table if not exists _sqlx_test.databases (