diff --git a/.github/workflows/php.yml b/.github/workflows/php.yml
index 3da7ee8796..c905ee8771 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php.yml
@@ -5,20 +5,14 @@ jobs:
   friendica:
     name: Friendica (PHP ${{ matrix.php-versions }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      MYSQL_HOST: localhost
-      MYSQL_PORT: 3306
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: test
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: ""
-      MYSQL_USERNAME: travis
     services:
       mariadb:
         image: mariadb:latest
         env:
           MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: true
           MYSQL_DATABASE: test
-          MYSQL_PASSWORD: ""
-          MYSQL_USERNAME: travis
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: test
+          MYSQL_USER: test
         ports:
           - 3306/tcp
         options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
@@ -83,8 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PORT: ${{ job.services.mariadb.ports[3306] }}
         run: |
-          mysql -h"127.0.0.1" -P"$PORT" -uroot -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test;'
-          mysql -h"127.0.0.1" -P"$PORT" -uroot test < database.sql
+          mysql -h"127.0.0.1" -P"$PORT" -utest -ptest test < database.sql
 
       - name: Test with Parallel-lint
         run: vendor/bin/parallel-lint --exclude vendor/ --exclude view/asset/ .
@@ -92,11 +85,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test with phpunit
         run: vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration tests/phpunit.xml --coverage-clover clover.xml
         env:
-          MYSQL_HOST: localhost
-          MYSQL_PORT: 3306
+          MYSQL_HOST: 127.0.0.1
+          MYSQL_PORT: ${{ job.services.mariadb.ports[3306] }}
           MYSQL_DATABASE: test
-          MYSQL_PASSWORD: ""
-          MYSQL_USERNAME: root
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: test
+          MYSQL_USER: test
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e4c3483b7..0000000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
----
-language: php
-## Friendica officially supports PHP version >= 7.1
-php:
- - 7.1
- - 7.2
- - 7.3
-
-services:
- - mysql
- - redis
- - memcached
-env:
- - MYSQL_HOST=localhost MYSQL_PORT=3306 MYSQL_USERNAME=travis MYSQL_PASSWORD="" MYSQL_DATABASE=test
-
-install:
- - composer install
-before_script:
- - cp config/local-sample.config.php config/local.config.php
- - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test;'
- - mysql -utravis test < database.sql
- - pecl channel-update pecl.php.net
- - pecl config-set preferred_state beta
- - phpenv config-add .travis/redis.ini
- - phpenv config-add .travis/memcached.ini
-
-script:
- - vendor/bin/parallel-lint --exclude vendor/ --exclude view/asset/ .
- - vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration tests/phpunit.xml --coverage-clover clover.xml
-
-after_success: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
diff --git a/.travis/apcu.ini b/.travis/apcu.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 92598662cf..0000000000
--- a/.travis/apcu.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-extension="apcu.so"
-
-apc.enabled = 1
-apc.enable_cli = 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis/memcached.ini b/.travis/memcached.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index c9a2ff0c9a..0000000000
--- a/.travis/memcached.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-extension="memcached.so"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis/redis.ini b/.travis/redis.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index ab995b8374..0000000000
--- a/.travis/redis.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-extension="redis.so"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Database/Database.php b/src/Database/Database.php
index 0b38c24ba3..4b96205a9a 100644
--- a/src/Database/Database.php
+++ b/src/Database/Database.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Database
 	/** @var PDO|mysqli */
 	protected $connection;
 	protected $driver;
-	private $emulate_prepares = false;
+	protected $emulate_prepares = false;
 	private $error          = false;
 	private $errorno        = 0;
 	private $affected_rows  = 0;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Database
 	{
 		// Use environment variables for mysql if they are set beforehand
 		if (!empty($server['MYSQL_HOST'])
-		    && (!empty($server['MYSQL_USERNAME'] || !empty($server['MYSQL_USER'])))
+		    && (!empty($server['MYSQL_USERNAME']) || !empty($server['MYSQL_USER']))
 		    && $server['MYSQL_PASSWORD'] !== false
 		    && !empty($server['MYSQL_DATABASE']))
 		{
diff --git a/tests/Util/Database/StaticDatabase.php b/tests/Util/Database/StaticDatabase.php
index c95b690c63..73a142d9a9 100644
--- a/tests/Util/Database/StaticDatabase.php
+++ b/tests/Util/Database/StaticDatabase.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class StaticDatabase extends Database
 	{
 		// Use environment variables for mysql if they are set beforehand
 		if (!empty($server['MYSQL_HOST'])
-		    && (!empty($server['MYSQL_USERNAME'] || !empty($server['MYSQL_USER'])))
+		    && (!empty($server['MYSQL_USERNAME']) || !empty($server['MYSQL_USER']))
 		    && $server['MYSQL_PASSWORD'] !== false
 		    && !empty($server['MYSQL_DATABASE']))
 		{