diff --git a/composer.patches.json b/composer.patches.json
index a4c74dc170085b4355d1b014705897bb77464cdc..fafa5cee585ec5960146f04abefd2925de56cbd3 100644
--- a/composer.patches.json
+++ b/composer.patches.json
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@
         },
         "wpackagist-plugin/hyperdb": {
 	    "A few fixes to the global wpdb_hash instance (moved into wpdb)": "patches/hyperdb/0106-a-few-fixes-to-the-global-wpdb_hash-instance-moved-i.patch",
-	    "Profiling: changing the define AI_DB_PROFILER to true will enable query logging (use with caution!)": "patches/hyperdb/0116-Performance-tweaks.patch",
-	    "Prevent mysql-proxy to cache the admin section": "patches/hyperdb/0117-prevent-mysql-proxy-to-cache-the-admin-section.patch",
 	    "Awful workaround (?)": "patches/hyperdb/0126-awful-workaround.patch",
 	    "Added optional logging": "patches/hyperdb/0158-Added-optional-logging.patch",
-	    "Adding extreme debugging when wp_debug is true": "patches/hyperdb/0161-adding-extreme-debugging-when-wp_debug-is-true.patch"
+	    "Add support for SHOW TABLES LIKE queries": "patches/hyperdb/show-tables-like.patch"
         },
         "wpackagist-plugin/more-privacy-options": {
             "Do send mail on privacy setting change": "patches/plugins/more-privacy-options.patch"
diff --git a/patches/hyperdb/0116-Performance-tweaks.patch b/patches/hyperdb/0116-Performance-tweaks.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 11546cd9a5876d19b6634882e1087892783809a5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/patches/hyperdb/0116-Performance-tweaks.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-From b07f1d25505e064dc076ff68ec81bf19c459a3db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Joe Oblivian <0blivian@insiberia.net>
-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:43:47 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 116/229] Performance tweaks:
-
-- Cache more aggressively
-- Use persistent connections
-
-Profiling: changing the define AI_DB_PROFILER to true will enable query logging (use with caution!)
----
-diff --git a/wp-content/db.php b/wp-content/db.php
-index 18d53a1b..99ff86ed 100644
---- a/wp-content/db.php
-+++ b/wp-content/db.php
-@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
- <?php
-+//AI patch: set to true if you want to activate query profiling
-+define('AI_DB_PROFILER', false);
- 
- /*
- Plugin Name: HyperDB
-@@ -1441,6 +1443,23 @@ class hyperdb extends wpdb {
- 
- } // class hyperdb
- 
--$wpdb = new hyperdb();
-+/**
-+ * AI custom: Logs all queries for debugging purposes
-+ */
-+function ai_log_db_queries($query, $time, $backtrace=null, hyperdb $obj ) {
-+    $fh = fopen( ABSPATH . '/profiling/noblogs_queries_'. date('Ymd') . '.log', 'a');
-+    if (!$fh) {
-+        return array($query, $time, $backtrace);
-+    }
-+    fwrite($fh, sprintf("##\n#Date: %s\n#Query time: %s\n%s\n", date('r'), $time, $query));
-+    fclose($fh);
-+    return array($query, $time, $backtrace);
-+}
- 
-+
-+$wpdb = new hyperdb();
-+if ( AI_DB_PROFILER === true ) {
-+    $wpdb->save_queries = true;
-+    $wpdb->save_query_callback = 'ai_log_db_queries';
-+}
- require( DB_CONFIG_FILE );
--- 
-2.17.1
-
diff --git a/patches/hyperdb/0117-prevent-mysql-proxy-to-cache-the-admin-section.patch b/patches/hyperdb/0117-prevent-mysql-proxy-to-cache-the-admin-section.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 219c6f29bfb3e0eca6837b649f52f38103d1b4d0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/patches/hyperdb/0117-prevent-mysql-proxy-to-cache-the-admin-section.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From aeb256f01ca5cf7d9f8aa8e46b821f4a9896aa14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Joe Oblivian <0blivian@insiberia.net>
-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:52:42 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 117/229] prevent mysql-proxy to cache the admin section
-
----
- wp-content/db.php | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/wp-content/db.php b/wp-content/db.php
-index 99ff86ed..79c189e5 100644
---- a/wp-content/db.php
-+++ b/wp-content/db.php
-@@ -872,6 +872,11 @@ class hyperdb extends wpdb {
- 			$statement_after_query = $this->run_callbacks( 'statement_after_query' );
- 			$query_for_log = $query;
- 
-+            // A/I: prevent mysql-proxy to cache the admin section
-+            if (strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/wp-admin/') !== false) {
-+                $query .= ' /* NO CACHE */';
-+            }
-+            
- 			$this->timer_start();
- 			if ( $statement_before_query ) {
- 				$query_for_log = "$statement_before_query; $query_for_log";
--- 
-2.17.1
-
diff --git a/patches/hyperdb/0158-Added-optional-logging.patch b/patches/hyperdb/0158-Added-optional-logging.patch
index 373d9f1c1acafa59983f518ee1a726febe074c70..33f5df02f75c43f18a44b8c854dc04ecf0a707df 100644
--- a/patches/hyperdb/0158-Added-optional-logging.patch
+++ b/patches/hyperdb/0158-Added-optional-logging.patch
@@ -11,15 +11,6 @@ diff --git a/wp-content/db.php b/wp-content/db.php
 index abc3353e..0f9f5a1e 100644
 --- a/wp-content/db.php
 +++ b/wp-content/db.php
-@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ define( 'HYPERDB_SERVER_GONE_ERROR', 2006 ); // MySQL server has gone away
- class hyperdb extends wpdb {
- 
-         /**
--	 * A/I patch! 
-+	 * A/I patch!
- 	 * store a FlexiHash() instance here.
- 	 */
- 	var $hash_map;
 @@ -680,16 +680,19 @@ class hyperdb extends wpdb {
  				$success = false;
  				$this->last_connection = compact('dbhname', 'host', 'port', 'user', 'name', 'tcp', 'elapsed', 'success');
@@ -50,26 +41,6 @@ index abc3353e..0f9f5a1e 100644
  			}
  
  			if ( ! $success || ! isset( $this->dbhs[$dbhname] ) || ! $this->is_mysql_connection( $this->dbhs[$dbhname] ) ) {
-@@ -723,8 +726,8 @@ class hyperdb extends wpdb {
- 			$collate = null;
- 
- 		$this->set_charset($this->dbhs[$dbhname], $charset, $collate);
--		
--		if ( !isset( $charset ) ) 
-+
-+		if ( !isset( $charset ) )
- 			$charset = null;
- 
- 		if ( !isset( $collate ) )
-@@ -885,7 +888,7 @@ class hyperdb extends wpdb {
-             if (strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/wp-admin/') !== false) {
-                 $query .= ' /* NO CACHE */';
-             }
--            
-+
- 			$this->timer_start();
- 			if ( $statement_before_query ) {
- 				$query_for_log = "$statement_before_query; $query_for_log";
 -- 
 2.17.1
 
diff --git a/patches/hyperdb/0161-adding-extreme-debugging-when-wp_debug-is-true.patch b/patches/hyperdb/0161-adding-extreme-debugging-when-wp_debug-is-true.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 102f498d18f40db69cd3c4620f91f6dc6bdacc99..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/patches/hyperdb/0161-adding-extreme-debugging-when-wp_debug-is-true.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 0d0a76d87eba5cf15114c21478d73e1d4a80c93f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Joe <joe@autistici.org>
-Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 16:42:59 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 161/229] adding extreme debugging when wp_debug is true
-
----
- wp-content/db.php | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/wp-content/db.php b/wp-content/db.php
-index 0f9f5a1e..2bd49b41 100644
---- a/wp-content/db.php
-+++ b/wp-content/db.php
-@@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ class hyperdb extends wpdb {
- 
- 		$this->run_callbacks( 'dataset_found', $dataset );
- 
-+        if (WP_DEBUG === true) {
-+            $_ai_msg = sprintf("We choose dataset %s for query '%s'", $this->dataset, $query);
-+            $this->print_error($_ai_msg);
-+        }
-+
- 		if ( empty( $this->hyper_servers ) ) {
- 			if ( $this->is_mysql_connection( $this->dbh ) )
- 				return $this->dbh;
--- 
-2.17.1
-
diff --git a/patches/hyperdb/show-tables-like.patch b/patches/hyperdb/show-tables-like.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..66042dd224b7fcaa8f9cadaa17184cc59f0b65ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/hyperdb/show-tables-like.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/wp-content/db.php b/wp-content/db.php
+index f900d305..f819e225 100644
+--- a/wp-content/db.php
++++ b/wp-content/db.php
+@@ -306,6 +312,12 @@ class hyperdb extends wpdb {
+                                . ')\W([\w-]+)\W/is', $q, $maybe) )
+                        return $maybe[1];
+ 
++        // SHOW TABLES LIKE (used in some plugins)
++        if ( preg_match('/^\s*'
++                . 'SHOW\s+TABLES\s+LIKE\s+'
++                . '\W(\w+)\W/is', $q, $maybe) )
++            return $maybe[1];
++
+                // Big pattern for the rest of the table-related queries in MySQL 5.0
+                if ( preg_match('/^\s*(?:'
+                                . '(?:EXPLAIN\s+(?:EXTENDED\s+)?)?SELECT.*?\s+FROM'