diff --git a/nostrdb/Makefile b/nostrdb/Makefile
index 456b76cd..46c5a48a 100644
--- a/nostrdb/Makefile
+++ b/nostrdb/Makefile
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ ndb: ndb.c $(DEPS)
 
 bindings: bindings-swift bindings-rust bindings-c
 
-check: test $(CHECKDATA)
+check: test
+	rm -rf testdata/db/*.mdb
+	./test
 	rm -rf testdata/db/*.mdb
-	./test || rm -rf testdata/db/v0
-	rm -rf testdata/db/v0
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf test bench bench-ingest bench-ingest-many