diff --git a/noblogsmv/main.py b/noblogsmv/main.py
index c11a75c461fd0fed36f961615f2ba093651d33c3..c831539aade50a6d4cbfa2f2b39c3f22ac8d4468 100644
--- a/noblogsmv/main.py
+++ b/noblogsmv/main.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def process_move_db(blog_id, value, progress):
     tables = ' '.join(db.tables)
     move_db = ['mysqldump', '--opt', db.old_options, value['old_db'], tables,
                '|', 'mysql', db.new_options, value['new_db']]
-    cmd = ['ssh', 'root@%s' % value['old_host'], '"%s"' % ' '.join(move_db)]
+    cmd = ['ssh', 'root@%s' % value['old_host'], '%s' % ' '.join(move_db)]
     log.debug('Calling %s', ' '.join(cmd))
     try:
         execute(cmd)