diff --git a/tests/test_utils.c b/tests/test_utils.c
index aaec220..976a761 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.c
+++ b/tests/test_utils.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static void test_appdb(void) {
     snprintf(meta, sizeof meta, "%s/appmeta", dir);
     assert(mkdir(meta, 0700) == 0);
     sqlite3 *s = NULL;
-    assert(sqlite3_open_v2(db, &s, SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE|SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE|SQLITE_OPEN_NOMUTEX, NULL) == SQLITE_OK);
+    assert(sqlite3_open_v2(db, &s, SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE|SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE, NULL) == SQLITE_OK);
     assert(sqlite3_exec(s, "CREATE TABLE tbl_appbrowse(titleId TEXT, titleName TEXT);", 0, 0, 0) == SQLITE_OK);
     assert(sqlite3_exec(s, "INSERT INTO tbl_appbrowse VALUES('CUSA11995','Marvel''s Spider-Man');", 0, 0, 0) == SQLITE_OK);
     assert(sqlite3_exec(s, "CREATE TABLE tbl_appinfo(titleId TEXT, key TEXT, val TEXT);", 0, 0, 0) == SQLITE_OK);