diff -r d5bbf030f967 -r 9754c40c732a cubicweb/devtools/__init__.py
--- a/cubicweb/devtools/__init__.py	Wed Mar 13 00:01:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/devtools/__init__.py	Fri Mar 15 21:35:59 2019 +0100
@@ -624,14 +624,14 @@
     def init_test_database(self):
         """initialize a fresh postgresql database used for testing purpose"""
         from cubicweb.server import init_repository
-        from cubicweb.server.serverctl import system_source_cnx, createdb
+        from cubicweb.server.serverctl import source_cnx, createdb
         # connect on the dbms system base to create our base
         try:
             self._drop(self.system_source['db-name'])
             createdb(self.helper, self.system_source, self.dbcnx, self.cursor)
             self.dbcnx.commit()
-            cnx = system_source_cnx(self.system_source, special_privs='LANGUAGE C',
-                                    interactive=False)
+            cnx = source_cnx(self.system_source, special_privs='LANGUAGE C',
+                             interactive=False)
             templcursor = cnx.cursor()
             try:
                 # XXX factorize with db-create code