I checked this: DESKTOP-J2QR254:~ raventheone$ odbcinst -j unixODBC 2.3.7 DRIVERS............: /usr/local/etc/odbcinst.ini SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini FILE DATA SOURCES..: /usr/local/etc/ODBCDataSources USER DATA SOURCES..: /Users/raventheone/.odbc.ini SQLULEN Size.......: 8 SQLLEN Size........: 8 SQLSETPOSIROW Size.: 8 the file /usr/local/etc/odbcinst.ini seems to be empty.