diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/destroy-foo-schema-hsqldb.sql b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/destroy-foo-schema-hsqldb.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c03cad82..000000000
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/destroy-foo-schema-hsqldb.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-DROP TABLE T_FOOS;
-DROP TABLE T_WRITE_FOOS;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/foo-data-source-context.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/foo-data-source-context.xml
index 0332cda1e..dc3df3ae3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/foo-data-source-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/foo-data-source-context.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 			</bean>
 		</property>
 		<property name="initScripts" value="org/springframework/batch/item/database/init-foo-schema-hsqldb.sql" />
-		<property name="destroyScript" value="org/springframework/batch/item/database/destroy-foo-schema-hsqldb.sql" />
 	</bean>
 	
 </beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/init-foo-schema-hsqldb.sql b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/init-foo-schema-hsqldb.sql
index 84490ed2f..9fff8df46 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/init-foo-schema-hsqldb.sql
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/init-foo-schema-hsqldb.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+DROP TABLE T_FOOS if exists;
+DROP TABLE T_WRITE_FOOS if exists;
+
 CREATE TABLE T_FOOS (
 	ID BIGINT NOT NULL,
 	NAME VARCHAR(45),