diff --git a/dba/update-database.sh b/dba/update-database.sh
index d3daa45c..9b588581 100755
--- a/dba/update-database.sh
+++ b/dba/update-database.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DBADIR="`dirname \"$0\"`"
 # FIXME: We shouldn't really apply patches we already have installed, although
 # it should be safe enough since any patch which is not idempotent should be
 # denied multiple application through the AWL schema management functions.
-for PATCHFILE in "${DBADIR}/patches/*.*.*.sql"; do
+for PATCHFILE in ${DBADIR}/patches/*.*.*.sql ; do
   psql -q -f "${PATCHFILE}" "${DBNAME}"
 done