diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php
index 5f326bbf..9d72498d 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Database\ConnectionNotDefinedException;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Install\Tasks as InstallTasks;
-use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Driver\mysql\Connection;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\DatabaseNotFoundException;
 
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ public function __construct() {
    */
   public function name() {
     try {
-      if (!Database::isActiveConnection() || !$this->getConnection() instanceof Connection) {
+      if (!$this->isConnectionActive() || !$this->getConnection() instanceof Connection) {
         throw new ConnectionNotDefinedException('The database connection is not active or not a MySql connection');
       }
       if ($this->getConnection()->isMariaDb()) {
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Install/Tasks.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Install/Tasks.php
index 522ff790..3ca2ed37 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Install/Tasks.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Install/Tasks.php
@@ -311,6 +311,17 @@ protected function t($string, array $args = [], array $options = []) {
     return new TranslatableMarkup($string, $args, $options);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Determines if there is an active connection.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if there is at least one database connection established, FALSE
+   *   otherwise.
+   */
+  protected function isConnectionActive() {
+    return Database::isActiveConnection();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the database connection.
    *
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/install/TasksTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/install/TasksTest.php
index 4dbf3a5e..e308b0a6 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/install/TasksTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/install/TasksTest.php
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ public function setUp() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Creates a Connection object for testing.
+   * Creates a Tasks object for testing.
    *
-   * @return \Drupal\Core\Database\Driver\mysql\Connection
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Database\Driver\mysql\Install\Tasks
    */
   private function createTasks(): Tasks {
     /** @var \Drupal\Core\Database\Driver\mysql\Connection $connection */
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ public function __construct(Connection $connection) {
         $this->connection = $connection;
       }
 
+      protected function isConnectionActive() {
+        return TRUE;
+      }
+
       protected function getConnection() {
         return $this->connection;
       }
@@ -57,6 +61,29 @@ protected function t($string, array $args = [], array $options = []) {
     };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a Tasks object for testing, without connection.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Database\Driver\mysql\Install\Tasks
+   */
+  private function createTasksNoConnection(): Tasks {
+    return new class() extends Tasks {
+
+      protected function isConnectionActive() {
+        return FALSE;
+      }
+
+      protected function getConnection() {
+        return NULL;
+      }
+
+      protected function t($string, array $args = [], array $options = []) {
+        return $string;
+      }
+
+    };
+  }
+
   /**
    * @covers ::minimumVersion
    * @covers ::name
@@ -101,15 +128,8 @@ public function providerNameAndMinimumVersion(): array {
    * @covers ::name
    */
   public function testNameWithNoConnection() {
-    $this->connection
-      ->isMariaDb()
-      ->shouldBeCalledOnce()
-      ->willThrow(ConnectionNotDefinedException::class);
-    $tasks = $this->createTasks();
-
-    $name = $tasks->name();
-
-    $this->assertSame('MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server, or equivalent', $name);
+    $tasks = $this->createTasksNoConnection();
+    $this->assertSame('MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server, or equivalent', $tasks->name());
   }
 
 }