diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb
index 4c90d06732..b0759dffde 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb
@@ -134,12 +134,11 @@ class MysqlConnectionTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_equal [["STRICT_ALL_TABLES"]], result.rows
   end
 
-  def test_mysql_strict_mode_disabled_dont_override_global_sql_mode
+  def test_mysql_strict_mode_disabled
     run_without_connection do |orig_connection|
       ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(orig_connection.merge({:strict => false}))
-      global_sql_mode = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.exec_query "SELECT @@GLOBAL.sql_mode"
-      session_sql_mode = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.exec_query "SELECT @@SESSION.sql_mode"
-      assert_equal global_sql_mode.rows, session_sql_mode.rows
+      result = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.exec_query "SELECT @@SESSION.sql_mode"
+      assert_equal [['']], result.rows
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/connection_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/connection_test.rb
index 65f50e77bb..3b35e69e0d 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/connection_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/connection_test.rb
@@ -60,12 +60,11 @@ class MysqlConnectionTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_equal [["STRICT_ALL_TABLES"]], result.rows
   end
 
-  def test_mysql_strict_mode_disabled_dont_override_global_sql_mode
+  def test_mysql_strict_mode_disabled
     run_without_connection do |orig_connection|
       ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(orig_connection.merge({:strict => false}))
-      global_sql_mode = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.exec_query "SELECT @@GLOBAL.sql_mode"
-      session_sql_mode = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.exec_query "SELECT @@SESSION.sql_mode"
-      assert_equal global_sql_mode.rows, session_sql_mode.rows
+      result = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.exec_query "SELECT @@SESSION.sql_mode"
+      assert_equal [['']], result.rows
     end
   end