diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9094766d..a3b88f7a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config/environments/test.js: config/environments/test.js.example
 	./configure
 
 check-local: config/environments/test.js
-	./run_tests.sh --nodrop ${RUNTESTFLAGS} \
+	./run_tests.sh ${RUNTESTFLAGS} \
     test/unit/cartodb/redis_pool.test.js \
     test/unit/cartodb/req2params.test.js \
     test/acceptance/cache_validator.js \