diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 62d31d6..b52e91c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ setenv =
     PYTHONWARNINGS = d
     DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = tests.testproject.settings
     pg2,pg3: DATABASE_URL = {env:DATABASE_URL:postgresql://django_safemigrate:django_safemigrate@localhost/django_safemigrate}
-    mysql: DATABASE_URL = {env:DATABASE_URL:mysql://django_safemigrate:django_safemigrate@localhost/django_safemigrate}
+    mysql: DATABASE_URL = {env:DATABASE_URL:mysql://django_safemigrate:django_safemigrate@127.0.0.1/django_safemigrate}
     sqlite: DATABASE_URL = {env:DATABASE_URL:sqlite:///:memory:}
 commands =
-    mysql: python -m django shell -c "from django.conf import settings; print(settings.DATABASES)"
     python -m coverage run -m pytest {posargs}
 
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