diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-rmysql/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-rmysql/PKGBUILD
index af06376a73..2a633f6eae 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-rmysql/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-rmysql/PKGBUILD
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ check() {
   cd "$_pkgname/tests"
 
   # create database for tests
+  export HOME="$srcdir" # make sure mariadb doesn't read ~/.my.cnf
   export MARIADB_HOME="$srcdir/mariadb"
   mkdir -p "$MARIADB_HOME/data"
   cat > "$MARIADB_HOME/my.cnf" << EOF
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-rmysql/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-rmysql/lilac.yaml
index f1dd7e4fd1..5cd2658380 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-rmysql/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-rmysql/lilac.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: extra
   provided: libmariadb.so
   strip_release: true
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1