diff --git a/test/io/fixtures/database.sql b/test/io/fixtures/database.sql
index bb0e1e05a..7bfdf3c81 100644
--- a/test/io/fixtures/database.sql
+++ b/test/io/fixtures/database.sql
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+SET client_min_messages = WARNING; -- suppress "NOTICE: ..." messages which pollute the log
 SET check_function_bodies = false; -- to allow conditionals based on the pg version
 SET search_path = public;