diff --git a/frappe/database/mariadb/setup_db.py b/frappe/database/mariadb/setup_db.py
index 923ae154ad..6370990098 100644
--- a/frappe/database/mariadb/setup_db.py
+++ b/frappe/database/mariadb/setup_db.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ def drop_user_and_database(db_name, root_login, root_password):
 	frappe.local.db = get_root_connection(root_login, root_password)
 	dbman = DbManager(frappe.local.db)
 	dbman.delete_user(db_name, host="%")
+	dbman.delete_user(db_name)
 	dbman.drop_database(db_name)
 
 def bootstrap_database(db_name, verbose, source_sql=None):