diff --git a/src/SQL/mariadb-database.sql b/src/SQL/mariadb-database.sql
index fff329e9..cda08843 100644
--- a/src/SQL/mariadb-database.sql
+++ b/src/SQL/mariadb-database.sql
@@ -37,7 +37,3 @@
 
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS ${DATABASE};
 CREATE DATABASE ${DATABASE};
-
--- Ensure that the server accepts large data blocks from the importer.
--- The default of 16 MiB is too small, setting 1 GiB instead:
-SET GLOBAL max_allowed_packet=1073741824;
diff --git a/src/TestDB/1-install-database b/src/TestDB/1-install-database
index 441ef482..5bed1505 100755
--- a/src/TestDB/1-install-database
+++ b/src/TestDB/1-install-database
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ EOF
       sudo service mariadb restart
    elif [ "${ID}" == "fedora" ] ; then
       sudo sed \
-         -e "s%^#bind-address[ \t]*=.*%bind-address = *\nssl-ca = ${MARIADB_CA_FILE}\nssl-crl = ${MARIADB_CRL_FILE}\nssl-cert = ${MARIADB_CRT_FILE}\nssl-key = ${MARIADB_KEY_FILE}\nrequire-secure-transport = on\ntls_version = TLSv1.3%g" \
+         -e "s%^#bind-address[ \t]*=.*%max_allowed_packet = 1G\nbind-address = *\nssl-ca = ${MARIADB_CA_FILE}\nssl-crl = ${MARIADB_CRL_FILE}\nssl-cert = ${MARIADB_CRT_FILE}\nssl-key = ${MARIADB_KEY_FILE}\nrequire-secure-transport = on\ntls_version = TLSv1.3%g" \
          /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf | sudo tee /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf.new && \
       sudo diff --color /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf.new || true && \
       sudo mv /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf.new /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf
       sudo service mariadb restart
    elif [ "${ID}" == "freebsd" ] ; then
       sudo sed \
-         -e "s%^bind-address[ \t]*=.*%bind-address = *\nssl-ca = ${MARIADB_CA_FILE}\nssl-crl = ${MARIADB_CRL_FILE}\nssl-cert = ${MARIADB_CRT_FILE}\nssl-key = ${MARIADB_KEY_FILE}\nrequire-secure-transport = on\ntls_version = TLSv1.3%g" \
+         -e "s%^bind-address[ \t]*=.*%max_allowed_packet = 1G\nbind-address = *\nssl-ca = ${MARIADB_CA_FILE}\nssl-crl = ${MARIADB_CRL_FILE}\nssl-cert = ${MARIADB_CRT_FILE}\nssl-key = ${MARIADB_KEY_FILE}\nrequire-secure-transport = on\ntls_version = TLSv1.3%g" \
          /usr/local/etc/mysql/conf.d/server.cnf | sudo tee /usr/local/etc/mysql/conf.d/server.cnf.new && \
       sudo diff --color /usr/local/etc/mysql/conf.d/server.cnf /usr/local/etc/mysql/conf.d/server.cnf.new || true && \
       sudo mv /usr/local/etc/mysql/conf.d/server.cnf.new /usr/local/etc/mysql/conf.d/server.cnf