diff --git a/Command/CreateDatabaseDoctrineCommand.php b/Command/CreateDatabaseDoctrineCommand.php
index 7e4d90e7e..6f8248d88 100644
--- a/Command/CreateDatabaseDoctrineCommand.php
+++ b/Command/CreateDatabaseDoctrineCommand.php
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         if (!$name) {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Connection does not contain a 'path' or 'dbname' parameter and cannot be dropped.");
         }
-        unset($params['dbname']);
+        // Need to get rid of _every_ occurrence of dbname from connection configuration and we have already extracted all relevant info from url
+        unset($params['dbname'], $params['path'], $params['url']);
 
         $tmpConnection = DriverManager::getConnection($params);
         $shouldNotCreateDatabase = $ifNotExists && in_array($name, $tmpConnection->getSchemaManager()->listDatabases());