diff --git a/airflow/utils/db.py b/airflow/utils/db.py
index b57b8cf92b3cb..5b457382aadff 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/db.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/db.py
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ def initdb(rbac=False):
             conn_id='airflow_db', conn_type='mysql',
             host='mysql', login='root', password='',
             schema='airflow'))
-    merge_conn(
-        models.Connection(
-            conn_id='airflow_ci', conn_type='mysql',
-            host='mysql', login='root', extra="{\"local_infile\": true}",
-            schema='airflow_ci'))
     merge_conn(
         models.Connection(
             conn_id='beeline_default', conn_type='beeline', port="10000",
@@ -146,6 +141,7 @@ def initdb(rbac=False):
         models.Connection(
             conn_id='mysql_default', conn_type='mysql',
             login='root',
+            schema='airflow',
             host='mysql'))
     merge_conn(
         models.Connection(
diff --git a/scripts/ci/4-load-data.sh b/scripts/ci/4-load-data.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7935482be075e..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/ci/4-load-data.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one   *
-#  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file *
-#  distributed with this work for additional information        *
-#  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file   *
-#  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the            *
-#  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance   *
-#  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at   *
-#                                                               *
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                 *
-#                                                               *
-#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,   *
-#  software distributed under the License is distributed on an  *
-#  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY       *
-#  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the    *
-#  specific language governing permissions and limitations      *
-#  under the License.                                           *
-
-set -exuo pipefail
-
-DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-DATA_DIR="${DIR}/data"
-DATA_FILE="${DATA_DIR}/baby_names.csv"
-DATABASE=airflow_ci
-HOST=mysql
-
-mysqladmin -h ${HOST} -u root create ${DATABASE}
-mysql -h ${HOST} -u root < ${DATA_DIR}/mysql_schema.sql
-mysqlimport --local -h ${HOST} -u root --fields-optionally-enclosed-by="\"" --fields-terminated-by=, --ignore-lines=1 ${DATABASE} ${DATA_FILE}
diff --git a/scripts/ci/data/baby_names.csv b/scripts/ci/data/baby_names.csv
deleted file mode 100644
index b0ee22951e1ee..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/ci/data/baby_names.csv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-"year","name","percent","sex"
-1880,"John",0.081541,"boy"
-1880,"William",0.080511,"boy"
-1880,"James",0.050057,"boy"
-1880,"Charles",0.045167,"boy"
-1880,"George",0.043292,"boy"
-1880,"Frank",0.02738,"boy"
-1880,"Joseph",0.022229,"boy"
-1880,"Thomas",0.021401,"boy"
-1880,"Henry",0.020641,"boy"
-1880,"Robert",0.020404,"boy"
-1880,"Edward",0.019965,"boy"
-1880,"Harry",0.018175,"boy"
-1880,"Walter",0.014822,"boy"
-1880,"Arthur",0.013504,"boy"
-1880,"Fred",0.013251,"boy"
-1880,"Albert",0.012609,"boy"
-1880,"Samuel",0.008648,"boy"
-1880,"David",0.007339,"boy"
-1880,"Louis",0.006993,"boy"
-1880,"Joe",0.006174,"boy"
-1880,"Charlie",0.006165,"boy"
-1880,"Clarence",0.006165,"boy"
-1880,"Richard",0.006148,"boy"
-1880,"Andrew",0.005439,"boy"
-1880,"Daniel",0.00543,"boy"
-1880,"Ernest",0.005194,"boy"
-1880,"Will",0.004966,"boy"
-1880,"Jesse",0.004805,"boy"
-1880,"Oscar",0.004594,"boy"
-1880,"Lewis",0.004366,"boy"
-1880,"Peter",0.004189,"boy"
-1880,"Benjamin",0.004138,"boy"
-1880,"Frederick",0.004079,"boy"
-1880,"Willie",0.00402,"boy"
-1880,"Alfred",0.003961,"boy"
-1880,"Sam",0.00386,"boy"
-1880,"Roy",0.003716,"boy"
-1880,"Herbert",0.003581,"boy"
-1880,"Jacob",0.003412,"boy"
-1880,"Tom",0.00337,"boy"
-1880,"Elmer",0.00315,"boy"
-1880,"Carl",0.003142,"boy"
-1880,"Lee",0.003049,"boy"
-1880,"Howard",0.003015,"boy"
-1880,"Martin",0.003015,"boy"
-1880,"Michael",0.00299,"boy"
-1880,"Bert",0.002939,"boy"
-1880,"Herman",0.002931,"boy"
-1880,"Jim",0.002914,"boy"
-1880,"Francis",0.002905,"boy"
-1880,"Harvey",0.002905,"boy"
-1880,"Earl",0.002829,"boy"
-1880,"Eugene",0.00277,"boy"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/ci/data/mysql_schema.sql b/scripts/ci/data/mysql_schema.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index c2c60729d1468..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/ci/data/mysql_schema.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/**
-* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-* or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
-* distributed with this work for additional information
-* regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
-* to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-* "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-* with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-*
-* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-*
-* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-* software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-* "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-* KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
-* specific language governing permissions and limitations
-* under the License.
-*/
-
-USE airflow_ci;
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS baby_names (
-  org_year integer(4),
-  baby_name VARCHAR(25),
-  rate FLOAT(7,6),
-  sex VARCHAR(4)
-)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/operators/operators.py b/tests/operators/operators.py
index ae953253cccf8..82870ac3eefbd 100644
--- a/tests/operators/operators.py
+++ b/tests/operators/operators.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 from airflow import DAG, configuration, operators
-from airflow.utils.tests import skipUnlessImported
 from airflow.utils import timezone
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
@@ -38,13 +37,11 @@
 TEST_DAG_ID = 'unit_test_dag'
 
 
-@skipUnlessImported('airflow.operators.mysql_operator', 'MySqlOperator')
 class MySqlTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         configuration.load_test_config()
         args = {
             'owner': 'airflow',
-            'mysql_conn_id': 'airflow_db',
             'start_date': DEFAULT_DATE
         }
         dag = DAG(TEST_DAG_ID, default_args=args)
@@ -60,7 +57,6 @@ def test_mysql_operator_test(self):
         t = MySqlOperator(
             task_id='basic_mysql',
             sql=sql,
-            mysql_conn_id='airflow_db',
             dag=self.dag)
         t.run(start_date=DEFAULT_DATE, end_date=DEFAULT_DATE, ignore_ti_state=True)
 
@@ -72,8 +68,9 @@ def test_mysql_operator_test_multi(self):
         from airflow.operators.mysql_operator import MySqlOperator
         t = MySqlOperator(
             task_id='mysql_operator_test_multi',
-            mysql_conn_id='airflow_db',
-            sql=sql, dag=self.dag)
+            sql=sql,
+            dag=self.dag,
+        )
         t.run(start_date=DEFAULT_DATE, end_date=DEFAULT_DATE, ignore_ti_state=True)
 
     def test_mysql_hook_test_bulk_load(self):
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ def test_mysql_hook_test_bulk_load(self):
             t.flush()
 
             from airflow.hooks.mysql_hook import MySqlHook
-            h = MySqlHook('airflow_ci')
+            h = MySqlHook('airflow_db')
             with h.get_conn() as c:
                 c.execute("""
                     CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test_airflow (
@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@ def test_mysql_hook_test_bulk_load(self):
 
     def test_mysql_hook_test_bulk_dump(self):
         from airflow.hooks.mysql_hook import MySqlHook
-        hook = MySqlHook('airflow_ci')
+        hook = MySqlHook('airflow_db')
         priv = hook.get_first("SELECT @@global.secure_file_priv")
         if priv and priv[0]:
             # Confirm that no error occurs
@@ -115,7 +112,7 @@ def test_mysql_hook_test_bulk_dump_mock(self, mock_get_conn):
         mock_get_conn.return_value.cursor.return_value.execute = mock_execute
 
         from airflow.hooks.mysql_hook import MySqlHook
-        hook = MySqlHook('airflow_ci')
+        hook = MySqlHook('airflow_db')
         table = "INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES"
         tmp_file = "/path/to/output/file"
         hook.bulk_dump(table, tmp_file)
@@ -167,7 +164,6 @@ def test_overwrite_schema(self):
             assert "Unknown database 'foobar'" in str(e)
 
 
-@skipUnlessImported('airflow.operators.postgres_operator', 'PostgresOperator')
 class PostgresTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         configuration.load_test_config()
@@ -259,7 +255,6 @@ def test_overwrite_schema(self):
             assert 'database "foobar" does not exist' in str(e)
 
 
-@skipUnlessImported('airflow.operators.mysql_to_hive', 'MySqlToHiveTransfer')
 class TransferTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         configuration.load_test_config()
@@ -267,6 +262,81 @@ def setUp(self):
         dag = DAG(TEST_DAG_ID, default_args=args)
         self.dag = dag
 
+        rows = [
+            (1880, "John", 0.081541, "boy"),
+            (1880, "William", 0.080511, "boy"),
+            (1880, "James", 0.050057, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Charles", 0.045167, "boy"),
+            (1880, "George", 0.043292, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Frank", 0.02738, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Joseph", 0.022229, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Thomas", 0.021401, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Henry", 0.020641, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Robert", 0.020404, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Edward", 0.019965, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Harry", 0.018175, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Walter", 0.014822, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Arthur", 0.013504, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Fred", 0.013251, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Albert", 0.012609, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Samuel", 0.008648, "boy"),
+            (1880, "David", 0.007339, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Louis", 0.006993, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Joe", 0.006174, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Charlie", 0.006165, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Clarence", 0.006165, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Richard", 0.006148, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Andrew", 0.005439, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Daniel", 0.00543, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Ernest", 0.005194, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Will", 0.004966, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Jesse", 0.004805, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Oscar", 0.004594, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Lewis", 0.004366, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Peter", 0.004189, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Benjamin", 0.004138, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Frederick", 0.004079, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Willie", 0.00402, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Alfred", 0.003961, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Sam", 0.00386, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Roy", 0.003716, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Herbert", 0.003581, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Jacob", 0.003412, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Tom", 0.00337, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Elmer", 0.00315, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Carl", 0.003142, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Lee", 0.003049, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Howard", 0.003015, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Martin", 0.003015, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Michael", 0.00299, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Bert", 0.002939, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Herman", 0.002931, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Jim", 0.002914, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Francis", 0.002905, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Harvey", 0.002905, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Earl", 0.002829, "boy"),
+            (1880, "Eugene", 0.00277, "boy"),
+        ]
+
+        from airflow.hooks.mysql_hook import MySqlHook
+        with MySqlHook().get_conn() as cur:
+            cur.execute('''
+            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS baby_names (
+              org_year integer(4),
+              baby_name VARCHAR(25),
+              rate FLOAT(7,6),
+              sex VARCHAR(4)
+            )
+            ''')
+
+        for row in rows:
+            cur.execute("INSERT INTO baby_names VALUES(%s, %s, %s, %s);", row)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        from airflow.hooks.mysql_hook import MySqlHook
+        with MySqlHook().get_conn() as cur:
+            cur.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS baby_names CASCADE;")
+
     def test_clear(self):
         self.dag.clear(
             start_date=DEFAULT_DATE,
@@ -277,7 +347,6 @@ def test_mysql_to_hive(self):
         sql = "SELECT * FROM baby_names LIMIT 1000;"
         t = MySqlToHiveTransfer(
             task_id='test_m2h',
-            mysql_conn_id='airflow_ci',
             hive_cli_conn_id='beeline_default',
             sql=sql,
             hive_table='test_mysql_to_hive',
@@ -291,7 +360,6 @@ def test_mysql_to_hive_partition(self):
         sql = "SELECT * FROM baby_names LIMIT 1000;"
         t = MySqlToHiveTransfer(
             task_id='test_m2h',
-            mysql_conn_id='airflow_ci',
             hive_cli_conn_id='beeline_default',
             sql=sql,
             hive_table='test_mysql_to_hive_part',
@@ -307,23 +375,21 @@ def test_mysql_to_hive_tblproperties(self):
         sql = "SELECT * FROM baby_names LIMIT 1000;"
         t = MySqlToHiveTransfer(
             task_id='test_m2h',
-            mysql_conn_id='airflow_ci',
             hive_cli_conn_id='beeline_default',
             sql=sql,
             hive_table='test_mysql_to_hive',
             recreate=True,
             delimiter=",",
-            tblproperties={'test_property':'test_value'},
+            tblproperties={'test_property': 'test_value'},
             dag=self.dag)
         t.run(start_date=DEFAULT_DATE, end_date=DEFAULT_DATE, ignore_ti_state=True)
 
     @mock.patch('airflow.hooks.hive_hooks.HiveCliHook.load_file')
     def test_mysql_to_hive_type_conversion(self, mock_load_file):
-        mysql_conn_id = 'airflow_ci'
         mysql_table = 'test_mysql_to_hive'
 
         from airflow.hooks.mysql_hook import MySqlHook
-        m = MySqlHook(mysql_conn_id)
+        m = MySqlHook()
 
         try:
             with m.get_conn() as c:
@@ -342,7 +408,6 @@ def test_mysql_to_hive_type_conversion(self, mock_load_file):
             from airflow.operators.mysql_to_hive import MySqlToHiveTransfer
             t = MySqlToHiveTransfer(
                 task_id='test_m2h',
-                mysql_conn_id=mysql_conn_id,
                 hive_cli_conn_id='beeline_default',
                 sql="SELECT * FROM {}".format(mysql_table),
                 hive_table='test_mysql_to_hive',
@@ -363,12 +428,11 @@ def test_mysql_to_hive_type_conversion(self, mock_load_file):
                 c.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {}".format(mysql_table))
 
     def test_mysql_to_hive_verify_loaded_values(self):
-        mysql_conn_id = 'airflow_ci'
         mysql_table = 'test_mysql_to_hive'
         hive_table = 'test_mysql_to_hive'
 
         from airflow.hooks.mysql_hook import MySqlHook
-        m = MySqlHook(mysql_conn_id)
+        m = MySqlHook()
 
         try:
             minmax = (
@@ -409,7 +473,6 @@ def test_mysql_to_hive_verify_loaded_values(self):
             from airflow.operators.mysql_to_hive import MySqlToHiveTransfer
             t = MySqlToHiveTransfer(
                 task_id='test_m2h',
-                mysql_conn_id=mysql_conn_id,
                 hive_cli_conn_id='beeline_default',
                 sql="SELECT * FROM {}".format(mysql_table),
                 hive_table=hive_table,
diff --git a/tests/www/test_views.py b/tests/www/test_views.py
index fb7a2f3411870..8a7183fc4f600 100644
--- a/tests/www/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/www/test_views.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.chart = {
             'label': 'chart',
             'owner': 'airflow',
-            'conn_id': 'airflow_ci',
+            'conn_id': 'airflow_db',
         }
 
     def tearDown(self):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1ba7d84fea226..f07641f29b38a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ commands =
   env_docker: {toxinidir}/scripts/ci/1-setup-env.sh
   env_docker: {toxinidir}/scripts/ci/2-setup-kdc.sh
   env_docker: {toxinidir}/scripts/ci/3-setup-databases.sh
-  env_docker: {toxinidir}/scripts/ci/4-load-data.sh
   {toxinidir}/scripts/ci/5-run-tests.sh []
   {toxinidir}/scripts/ci/6-check-license.sh
   codecov -e TOXENV