diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/expected/plperl.out b/src/pl/plperl/expected/plperl.out
index 7658f36c25..d791412410 100644
--- a/src/pl/plperl/expected/plperl.out
+++ b/src/pl/plperl/expected/plperl.out
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 --
--- checkpoint so that if we have a crash in the tests, replay of the
--- just-completed CREATE DATABASE won't discard the core dump file
---
-checkpoint;
---
 -- Test result value processing
 --
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION perl_int(int) RETURNS INTEGER AS $$
@@ -428,7 +423,7 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION  array_of_text() RETURNS TEXT[][]
 LANGUAGE plperl as $$ 
     return [['a"b',undef,'c,d'],['e\\f',undef,'g']]; 
 $$;
-SELECT array_of_text(); 
+SELECT array_of_text();
              array_of_text             
 ---------------------------------------
  {{"a\"b",NULL,"c,d"},{"e\\f",NULL,g}}
diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/sql/plperl.sql b/src/pl/plperl/sql/plperl.sql
index 4d4348a1f6..df17834952 100644
--- a/src/pl/plperl/sql/plperl.sql
+++ b/src/pl/plperl/sql/plperl.sql
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
---
--- checkpoint so that if we have a crash in the tests, replay of the
--- just-completed CREATE DATABASE won't discard the core dump file
---
-checkpoint;
-
 --
 -- Test result value processing
 --
diff --git a/src/pl/tcl/expected/pltcl_setup.out b/src/pl/tcl/expected/pltcl_setup.out
index ce45aec530..496cf228dc 100644
--- a/src/pl/tcl/expected/pltcl_setup.out
+++ b/src/pl/tcl/expected/pltcl_setup.out
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 --
--- checkpoint so that if we have a crash in the tests, replay of the
--- just-completed CREATE DATABASE won't discard the core dump file
---
-checkpoint;
---
 -- Create the tables used in the test queries
 --
 -- T_pkey1 is the primary key table for T_dta1. Entries from T_pkey1
diff --git a/src/pl/tcl/sql/pltcl_setup.sql b/src/pl/tcl/sql/pltcl_setup.sql
index b88ebbcffe..55ac7e20d5 100644
--- a/src/pl/tcl/sql/pltcl_setup.sql
+++ b/src/pl/tcl/sql/pltcl_setup.sql
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
---
--- checkpoint so that if we have a crash in the tests, replay of the
--- just-completed CREATE DATABASE won't discard the core dump file
---
-checkpoint;
-
 --
 -- Create the tables used in the test queries
 --