diff --git a/django/db/backends/creation.py b/django/db/backends/creation.py
index be9b6fc91d..a5217f1175 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/creation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/creation.py
@@ -350,7 +350,21 @@ class BaseDatabaseCreation(object):
         can_rollback = self._rollback_works()
         self.connection.settings_dict["SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS"] = can_rollback
 
-        call_command('syncdb', verbosity=verbosity, interactive=False, database=self.connection.alias)
+        call_command('syncdb',
+            verbosity=verbosity,
+            interactive=False,
+            database=self.connection.alias,
+            load_initial_data=False)
+
+        # We need to then do a flush to ensure that any data installed by
+        # custom SQL has been removed. The only test data should come from
+        # test fixtures, or autogenerated from post_syncdb triggers.
+        # This has the side effect of loading initial data (which was
+        # intentionally skipped in the syncdb).
+        call_command('flush',
+            verbosity=verbosity,
+            interactive=False,
+            database=self.connection.alias)
 
         if settings.CACHE_BACKEND.startswith('db://'):
             from django.core.cache import parse_backend_uri, cache