diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backend/postgis/creation.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backend/postgis/creation.py
index daaeae6508d..9da984e9064 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backend/postgis/creation.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backend/postgis/creation.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def _create_with_cursor(db_name, verbosity=1, autoclobber=False):
         create_sql += ' OWNER %s' % settings.DATABASE_USER
 
     cursor = connection.cursor()
-    connection.creation.set_autocommit(connection)
+    connection.creation.set_autocommit()
 
     try:
         # Trying to create the database first.
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/__init__.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/__init__.py
index 3584274a4c0..ee0a803f9d6 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/__init__.py
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ def run_tests(module_list, verbosity=1, interactive=True):
     from django.contrib.gis.db.backend import create_spatial_db
     from django.contrib.gis.tests.utils import mysql
     from django.db import connection
-    from django.test.utils import destroy_test_db
 
     # Getting initial values.
     old_debug = settings.DEBUG
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ def run_tests(module_list, verbosity=1, interactive=True):
     result = TextTestRunner(verbosity=verbosity).run(test_suite)
 
     # Cleaning up, destroying the test spatial database and resetting the INSTALLED_APPS.
-    destroy_test_db(old_name, verbosity)
+    connection.creation.destroy_test_db(old_name, verbosity)
     settings.DEBUG = old_debug
     settings.INSTALLED_APPS = old_installed