diff --git a/.tugboat/config.yml b/.tugboat/config.yml
index 08af7d9f30edc..3bdb7566b3f53 100644
--- a/.tugboat/config.yml
+++ b/.tugboat/config.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ services:
         - sudo apt-get update
         #- sudo apt-get install php-mysql
         #- sudo apt-get install default-mysql-client
-        - sudo apt-get --with-mysqli install mariadb-client
-        #- docker-php-ext-install mysqli
+        #- sudo apt-get --with-mysqli install mariadb-client
+        - docker-php-ext-install mysqli
         
         - echo "SetEnv MOODLE_DOCKER_DB mariadb" >> /etc/apache2/conf-available/env.conf
         - echo "SetEnv MOODLE_DOCKER_DBTYPE mariadb" >> /etc/apache2/conf-available/env.conf