diff --git a/modules/drupal/drupal.module b/modules/drupal/drupal.module
index afa6b70a5dac53621ed32c7f1bf697bee4bbd126..64b788747e39ff3c4b6d77329ac0c1340c0625de 100644
--- a/modules/drupal/drupal.module
+++ b/modules/drupal/drupal.module
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function drupal_client_ping($client, $system) {
   */
 
   if ($client['link'] && $client['name'] && $client['mail'] && $client['slogan'] && $client['mission']) {
-    $result = db_query(db_rewrite_sql("SELECT cid FROM {client} WHERE link = '%s'"), $client['link']);
+    $result = db_query("SELECT cid FROM {client} WHERE link = '%s'", $client['link']);
     if (db_num_rows($result)) {
       $record = db_fetch_object($result);
       $client['cid'] = $record->cid;