diff --git a/regress/disk-from-extra-using-copy-remove.zip.test b/regress/disk-from-extra-using-copy-remove.zip.test
index d4ba88ed..8b31b038 100644
--- a/regress/disk-from-extra-using-copy-remove.zip.test
+++ b/regress/disk-from-extra-using-copy-remove.zip.test
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description test single-rom game with disk, get missing disk from extra, rename
 return 0
 preload fwrite.so
 environment-set RENAME_FAILS roms/108-5.chd
-arguments -Fvj -D ../mamedb-disk.db -e extradir
+arguments --no-status-db -Fvj -D ../mamedb-disk.db -e extradir
 file extradir/1234.chd 108-5.chd {}
 file roms/disk/108-5.chd {} 108-5.chd
 file roms/.ckmame.db {} <empty.ckmamedb>
diff --git a/regress/diskfull-zip.zip.test b/regress/diskfull-zip.zip.test
index bf8953eb..0dde5962 100644
--- a/regress/diskfull-zip.zip.test
+++ b/regress/diskfull-zip.zip.test
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description test copying file from extra, failing (disk full) and cleaning up ex
 return 0
 environment-set FWRITE_MAX_WRITE 5
 preload fwrite.so
-arguments -Fjvc -D ../mamedb-lost-parent-ok.db -e extra
+arguments --no-status-db -Fjvc -D ../mamedb-lost-parent-ok.db -e extra
 file extra/.ckmame.db {} wrongname-nohash.ckmamedb-dump
 file extra/wrongname.zip 2-48-ok.zip
 set-modification-time extra/wrongname.zip 1422359238
diff --git a/regress/rom-from-extra-commit-error.zip.test b/regress/rom-from-extra-commit-error.zip.test
index ae62eae8..8f2152fc 100644
--- a/regress/rom-from-extra-commit-error.zip.test
+++ b/regress/rom-from-extra-commit-error.zip.test
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description "test single-rom game (no parent), extra zip contains file, can't co
 return 0
 preload fwrite.so
 environment-set RENAME_FAILS roms/1-4.zip
-arguments -Fvje extra -D ../mamedb-small.db
+arguments --no-status-db -Fvje extra -D ../mamedb-small.db
 file mame.db mame.db
 file roms/1-4-wrong-name.zip 1-4-ok.zip {}
 file saved/d87f7e0c-000.zip {} 1-4-ok.zip