diff --git a/handlers/mysql.in b/handlers/mysql.in
index 094dc5f6db90202b9ebe527f17a5036f8886e31f..0fa77ed21f36eb95722294b0a7625c3d050d6874 100644
--- a/handlers/mysql.in
+++ b/handlers/mysql.in
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ then
    then
       if [ $usevserver = yes ]
       then
-         debug 'set -o pipefail ; echo show databases | $VSERVER $vsname exec su $user -c \"$MYSQL $defaultsfile\" | grep -v Database | grep -v \'^\(information\|performance\)_schema$\''
+         debug 'set -o pipefail ; echo show databases | $VSERVER $vsname exec su $user -c \"$MYSQL $defaultsfile\" | grep -v Database | grep -v '^\(information\|performance\)_schema$''
          databases=`set -o pipefail ; echo 'show databases' | $VSERVER $vsname exec su $user -c "$MYSQL $defaultsfile" | grep -v Database | grep -v '^\(information\|performance\)_schema$'`
          if [ $? -ne 0 ]
          then