diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f255fe6..0a0fa65 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ test: test-serial test-parallel
 TB_DIR = test/build
 GENERATED_SCHEDULE_DEPS = $(TB_DIR)/all_tests $(TB_DIR)/exclude_tests
 REGRESS = --schedule $(TB_DIR)/run.sch # Set this again just to be safe
-REGRESS_OPTS = --inputdir=test --max-connections=$(PARALLEL_CONN) --schedule $(SETUP_SCH) $(REGRESS_CONF)
+REGRESS_OPTS = --use-existing --dbname=contrib_regression --inputdir=test --max-connections=$(PARALLEL_CONN) --schedule $(SETUP_SCH) $(REGRESS_CONF)
 SETUP_SCH = test/schedule/main.sch # schedule to use for test setup; this can be forcibly changed by some targets!
 IGNORE_TESTS = $(notdir $(EXCLUDE_TEST_FILES:.sql=))
 PARALLEL_TESTS = $(filter-out $(IGNORE_TESTS),$(filter-out $(SERIAL_TESTS),$(ALL_TESTS)))
diff --git a/test/schedule/create.sql b/test/schedule/create.sql
index ba355ed..7e250f5 100644
--- a/test/schedule/create.sql
+++ b/test/schedule/create.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 \unset ECHO
 \i test/psql.sql
-CREATE EXTENSION pgtap;
diff --git a/test/schedule/main.sch b/test/schedule/main.sch
index a8a5fbc..0463fc4 100644
--- a/test/schedule/main.sch
+++ b/test/schedule/main.sch
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-test: build
 test: create