diff --git a/src/test/regress/run_check.sh b/src/test/regress/run_check.sh
index 68c524bb9abaadc47235abcb6d137390723494db..b2b94dedf98f548ebde2fe580937ad2f36430365 100755
--- a/src/test/regress/run_check.sh
+++ b/src/test/regress/run_check.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/test/regress/Attic/run_check.sh,v 1.11 2000/03/01 21:10:05 petere Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/test/regress/Attic/run_check.sh,v 1.12 2000/04/07 17:51:13 tgl Exp $
 
 # ----------
 # Check call syntax
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export PATH
 # Run initdb to initialize a database system in ./tmp_check
 # ----------
 echo "=============== Initializing check database instance   ================"
-initdb -L $LIBDIR -D $PGDATA >$LOGDIR/initdb.log 2>&1
+initdb -L $LIBDIR -D $PGDATA --noclean >$LOGDIR/initdb.log 2>&1
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]
 then