diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index ed38d7d66..bcead6daa 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -149,9 +149,8 @@ function mergeTestConfig(config) {
     host     : process.env.MYSQL_HOST,
     port     : process.env.MYSQL_PORT,
     user     : process.env.MYSQL_USER,
-    password : process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD,
-    supportBigNumbers: true
-  }, config);
+    password : process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD
+    }, config);
 
   return config;
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/connection/test-query-bigint.js b/test/integration/connection/test-query-bigint.js
index 49e48982d..831a03143 100644
--- a/test/integration/connection/test-query-bigint.js
+++ b/test/integration/connection/test-query-bigint.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var common = require('../../common');
 
 var table = 'bigint_test';
 
-common.getTestConnection(function (err, connection) {
+common.getTestConnection({supportBigNumbers: true}, function (err, connection) {
   assert.ifError(err);
 
   common.useTestDb(connection);