diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/ConnectionFactory.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/ConnectionFactory.php
index 564a9018033d..d998a41845fe 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/ConnectionFactory.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/ConnectionFactory.php
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\PostgresConnection;
 use Illuminate\Database\SqlServerConnection;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\Container;
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler;
 
 class ConnectionFactory
 {
@@ -182,9 +181,7 @@ protected function createPdoResolverWithHosts(array $config)
                 try {
                     return $this->createConnector($config)->connect($config);
                 } catch (PDOException $e) {
-                    if (count($hosts) - 1 === $key && $this->container->bound(ExceptionHandler::class)) {
-                        $this->container->make(ExceptionHandler::class)->report($e);
-                    }
+                    continue;
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Auth/ApiAuthenticationWithEloquentTest.php b/tests/Integration/Auth/ApiAuthenticationWithEloquentTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4553b275be43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/Auth/ApiAuthenticationWithEloquentTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Auth\ApiAuthenticationWithEloquentTest;
+
+use Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
+use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
+
+class ApiAuthenticationWithEloquentTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected function getEnvironmentSetUp($app)
+    {
+        $app['config']->set('app.debug', 'true');
+
+        // Auth configuration
+        $app['config']->set('auth.defaults.guard', 'api');
+        $app['config']->set('auth.providers.users.model', User::class);
+
+        // Database configuration
+        $app['config']->set('database.default', 'testbench');
+
+        $app['config']->set('database.connections.testbench', [
+            'driver' => 'mysql',
+            'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
+            'username' => 'root',
+            'password' => 'invalid-credentials',
+            'database' => 'forge',
+            'prefix' => '',
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function authentication_via_api_with_eloquent_using_wrong_database_credentials_should_not_cause_infinite_loop()
+    {
+        Route::get('/auth', function () {
+            return 'success';
+        })->middleware('auth:api');
+
+        $this->expectException(QueryException::class);
+
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage("SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) (SQL: select * from `users` where `api_token` = whatever limit 1)");
+
+        $this->withoutExceptionHandling()->get('/auth', ['Authorization' => 'Bearer whatever']);
+    }
+}
+
+class User extends \Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User
+{
+}
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentRelationshipsTest.php b/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentRelationshipsTest.php
index e841995c3422..b73e35390b00 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentRelationshipsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentRelationshipsTest.php
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class EloquentRelationshipsTest extends TestCase
 {
     /**
      * @test
-     * @group f
      */
     public function standard_relationships()
     {
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ public function standard_relationships()
 
     /**
      * @test
-     * @group f
      */
     public function overridden_relationships()
     {