diff --git a/rails/gitlab-ci.yml b/rails/gitlab-ci.yml
index ff66ce544ef87b67a3974b22929ed025ead345e9..4935870e042aec7c918b0d013cc0e03dbeb03dbd 100644
--- a/rails/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/rails/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ rails_test:
     MYSQL_USER: mysql
     MYSQL_PASSWORD: mysql
     MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: mysql
-    MYSQL_URL: "mysql://mysql:mysql@mysql:3306"
+    MYSQL_HOST: mysql
+    MYSQL_PORT: 3306
     POSTGRES_DB: postgres
     POSTGRES_USER: postgres
     POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ rails_system_test:
     MYSQL_USER: mysql
     MYSQL_PASSWORD: mysql
     MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: mysql
-    MYSQL_URL: "mysql://mysql:mysql@mysql:3306"
+    MYSQL_HOST: mysql
+    MYSQL_PORT: 3306
     POSTGRES_DB: postgres
     POSTGRES_USER: postgres
     POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres