diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 31dc326..4b29aee 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -10,13 +10,8 @@ EXTRA_INCLUDE_FILE=$4
 if [ "$USE_MYSQL" = "true" ]; then
   DB_TYPE="mysql"
   DB_SERVER="127.0.0.1"
+  # We need to start MySQL, but not sqlite
   sudo systemctl start mysql
-  sudo mysqladmin processlist
-  systemctl status mysql
-  # sudo systemctl start mysql
-  echo "going to create the database"
-  # mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE mw"
-  # for file in /usr/share/mysql/*; do printf '%s\n' "$file"; sudo cat "$file"; done
 else
   DB_TYPE="sqlite"
   DB_SERVER="localhost"
@@ -24,9 +19,11 @@ fi
 
 # Install composer dependencies
 cd mediawiki && composer install
+
+# We can have --dbpass with 'root' for MySQL without breaking SQLite since
+# the SQLite installer just clears that, it doesn't use a password
 php maintenance/install.php \
   --dbtype $DB_TYPE \
-  --dbserver $DB_SERVER \
   --dbpass 'root' \
   --dbuser root \
   --dbname mw \