diff --git a/features/export.feature b/features/export.feature
index 2e0c9a98..820dfe17 100644
--- a/features/export.feature
+++ b/features/export.feature
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ Feature: Export content.
       Test User
       """
 
-  @require-wp-5.2 @require-mysql
+  @require-wp-5.2
   Scenario: Export posts from a given starting post ID
     Given a WP install
 
@@ -520,7 +520,11 @@ Feature: Export content.
       10
       """
 
-    When I run `wp export --start_id=6`
+    # Read the 6th post's ID instead of hardcoding --start_id=6. SQLite does not reset auto-increment on `wp site empty`, so generated IDs aren't always 1..10.
+    When I run `wp post list --post_type=post --orderby=ID --order=ASC --posts_per_page=1 --offset=5 --format=ids`
+    Then save STDOUT as {START_ID}
+
+    When I run `wp export --start_id={START_ID}`
     Then save STDOUT 'Writing to file %s' as {EXPORT_FILE}
 
     When I run `wp site empty --yes`
@@ -801,14 +805,10 @@ Feature: Export content.
       <wp:tag>
       """
 
-  @require-mysql
   Scenario: Export without splitting the dump
     Given a WP install
-    # Make export file > 15MB so will split by default. Need to split into 4 * 4MB to stay below 10% of default redo log size of 48MB, otherwise get MySQL error.
-    And I run `wp db query "INSERT INTO wp_postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (1, '_dummy', REPEAT( 'A', 4 * 1024 * 1024 ) );"`
-    And I run `wp db query "INSERT INTO wp_postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (1, '_dummy', REPEAT( 'A', 4 * 1024 * 1024 ) );"`
-    And I run `wp db query "INSERT INTO wp_postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (1, '_dummy', REPEAT( 'A', 4 * 1024 * 1024 ) );"`
-    And I run `wp db query "INSERT INTO wp_postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (1, '_dummy', REPEAT( 'A', 4 * 1024 * 1024 ) );"`
+    # Make export file > 15MB so will split by default. Need to split into 4 * 4MB to stay below 10% of default redo log size of 48MB, otherwise get MySQL error. Use `wp eval` + `str_repeat` because SQLite has no REPEAT() function. All four rows go through a single `wp eval` to avoid four WordPress bootstraps.
+    And I run `wp eval "update_post_meta(1, '_dummy_0', str_repeat('A', 4 * 1024 * 1024)); update_post_meta(1, '_dummy_1', str_repeat('A', 4 * 1024 * 1024)); update_post_meta(1, '_dummy_2', str_repeat('A', 4 * 1024 * 1024)); update_post_meta(1, '_dummy_3', str_repeat('A', 4 * 1024 * 1024));"`
 
     When I run `wp export`
     Then STDOUT should contain: