diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl b/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
index 853d60ff05f..adbfa9f8db9 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ sub contribcheck
 sub standard_initdb
 {
 	return (
-		system('initdb', '-N') == 0 and system(
+		system('initdb') == 0 and system(
 			"$topdir/$Config/pg_regress/pg_regress", '--config-auth',
 			$ENV{PGDATA}) == 0);
 }