diff --git a/noblogsmv/main.py b/noblogsmv/main.py
index c831539aade50a6d4cbfa2f2b39c3f22ac8d4468..cd69b67fa993e76ec27c3aa0f08b91cc5834119d 100644
--- a/noblogsmv/main.py
+++ b/noblogsmv/main.py
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ def process_rm_db(blog_id, value, progress):
 
     tables = ', '.join(db.tables)
     drop_db = ['mysql', db.old_options, db.old.db, '-NBe',
-               '\\"DROP TABLE %s\\"' % tables]
-    cmd = ['ssh', 'root@%s' % value['old_host'], '"%s"' % ' '.join(drop_db)]
+               '"DROP TABLE %s"' % tables]
+    cmd = ['ssh', 'root@%s' % value['old_host'], '%s' % ' '.join(drop_db)]
     try:
         execute(cmd)
     except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError), e: