diff --git a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_db.py b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_db.py
--- a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_db.py
+++ b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_db.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def db_create(user, password, email, rep
     )
     dbmanage = DbManage(dbconf=dbconf, root=kallithea.CONFIG['here'],
                         tests=False, cli_args=cli_args)
-    dbmanage.create_tables(override=True)
+    dbmanage.create_tables()
     repo_root_path = dbmanage.prompt_repo_root_path(None)
     dbmanage.create_settings(repo_root_path)
     dbmanage.create_default_user()
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/db_manage.py b/kallithea/lib/db_manage.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/db_manage.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/db_manage.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class DbManage(object):
             init_model(engine)
             self.sa = Session()
 
-    def create_tables(self, override=False):
+    def create_tables(self):
         """
         Create a auth database
         """
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ class DbManage(object):
                 # known to work on SQLite - possibly not on other databases with strong referential integrity
                 Base.metadata.drop_all()
 
-        checkfirst = not override
-        Base.metadata.create_all(checkfirst=checkfirst)
+        Base.metadata.create_all(checkfirst=False)
 
         # Create an Alembic configuration and generate the version table,
         # "stamping" it with the most recent Alembic migration revision, to
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/fixture.py b/kallithea/tests/fixture.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/fixture.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/fixture.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ def create_test_env(repos_test_path, con
 
     dbmanage = DbManage(dbconf=dbconf, root=config['here'],
                         tests=True)
-    dbmanage.create_tables(override=True)
+    dbmanage.create_tables()
     # for tests dynamically set new root paths based on generated content
     dbmanage.create_settings(dbmanage.prompt_repo_root_path(repos_test_path))
     dbmanage.create_default_user()