diff --git a/.cicd/platforms/pinned/macos-10.14-pinned.sh b/.cicd/platforms/pinned/macos-10.14-pinned.sh
index 9c43914010b..3e6cbbf05a2 100755
--- a/.cicd/platforms/pinned/macos-10.14-pinned.sh
+++ b/.cicd/platforms/pinned/macos-10.14-pinned.sh
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ cd ..
 sudo rm -rf boost_1_72_0.tar.bz2 boost_1_72_0
 # install nvm for ship_test
 cd ~ && brew install nvm && mkdir -p ~/.nvm && echo "export NVM_DIR=$HOME/.nvm" >> ~/.bash_profile && echo 'source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile && cat ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile && echo $NVM_DIR && nvm install --lts=dubnium
-# initialize postgres configuration files	
-initdb --locale=C -E UTF-8 /usr/local/var/postgres
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+# initialize postgres configuration files
+sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres
+initdb --locale=C -E UTF-8 /usr/local/var/postgres
diff --git a/.cicd/platforms/pinned/macos-10.15-pinned.sh b/.cicd/platforms/pinned/macos-10.15-pinned.sh
index 480814ec785..6ca8c28050a 100755
--- a/.cicd/platforms/pinned/macos-10.15-pinned.sh
+++ b/.cicd/platforms/pinned/macos-10.15-pinned.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ sudo rm -rf boost_1_72_0.tar.bz2 boost_1_72_0
 # install nvm for ship_test
 cd ~ && brew install nvm && mkdir -p ~/.nvm && echo "export NVM_DIR=$HOME/.nvm" >> ~/.bash_profile && echo 'source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile && cat ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile && echo $NVM_DIR && nvm install --lts=dubnium
 # initialize postgres configuration files
+sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres
 initdb --locale=C -E UTF-8 /usr/local/var/postgres
diff --git a/.cicd/platforms/unpinned/macos-10.14-unpinned.sh b/.cicd/platforms/unpinned/macos-10.14-unpinned.sh
index b60b9699bb7..170724c3651 100755
--- a/.cicd/platforms/unpinned/macos-10.14-unpinned.sh
+++ b/.cicd/platforms/unpinned/macos-10.14-unpinned.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ brew update
 brew install git cmake python libtool libusb graphviz automake wget gmp pkgconfig doxygen openssl@1.1 jq boost libpq libpqxx postgres || :
 # install nvm for ship_test
 cd ~ && brew install nvm && mkdir -p ~/.nvm && echo "export NVM_DIR=$HOME/.nvm" >> ~/.bash_profile && echo 'source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile && cat ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile && echo $NVM_DIR && nvm install --lts=dubnium
-# initialize postgres configuration files	
-initdb --locale=C -E UTF-8 /usr/local/var/postgres 
\ No newline at end of file
+# initialize postgres configuration files
+sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres
+initdb --locale=C -E UTF-8 /usr/local/var/postgres
diff --git a/.cicd/platforms/unpinned/macos-10.15-unpinned.sh b/.cicd/platforms/unpinned/macos-10.15-unpinned.sh
index dd32263dc00..b1b79078349 100755
--- a/.cicd/platforms/unpinned/macos-10.15-unpinned.sh
+++ b/.cicd/platforms/unpinned/macos-10.15-unpinned.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ brew install git cmake python libtool libusb graphviz automake wget gmp pkgconfi
 # install nvm for ship_test
 cd ~ && brew install nvm && mkdir -p ~/.nvm && echo "export NVM_DIR=$HOME/.nvm" >> ~/.bash_profile && echo 'source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile && cat ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile && echo $NVM_DIR && nvm install --lts=dubnium
 # initialize postgres configuration files
-initdb --locale=C -E UTF-8 /usr/local/var/postgres
\ No newline at end of file
+sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres
+initdb --locale=C -E UTF-8 /usr/local/var/postgres