diff --git a/core/Db.php b/core/Db.php
index 8a18f558d82787ccee363cb5ed1a9cd2e4d2ae88..12798d2ff5215da72b360c7e0febe1f6a5945ca4 100644
--- a/core/Db.php
+++ b/core/Db.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use Piwik\Db\Adapter;
  */
 class Db
 {
-    const SQL_MODE = 'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO,NO_ZERO_DATE,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE';
+    const SQL_MODE = 'ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO,NO_ZERO_DATE,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE';
 
     private static $connection = null;
 
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Integration/DbTest.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Integration/DbTest.php
index 486028fc21783feeeb80837f63b743433d127122..ad37c61d3d14fe2e5f7997b5008fa576a5af8c66 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Integration/DbTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Integration/DbTest.php
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ class DbTest extends IntegrationTestCase
         $this->assertInstanceOf($expectedClass, $db);
         $result = $db->fetchOne('SELECT @@SESSION.sql_mode');
 
-        $expected = 'NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER';
+        $expected = 'NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO,
+        NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER';
         $this->assertSame($expected, $result);
     }