diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index abca56a600..bded2da4c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ jobs:
         # collation server: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'
         character set server: 'utf8'
         collation server: 'utf8_general_ci'
-        default storage engine: 'InnoDB'
         mysql database: 'evennia'
         mysql user: 'evennia'
         mysql password: 'password'