diff --git a/messaging_simple/messaging_simple.install b/messaging_simple/messaging_simple.install
index ec29109..848a5d9 100644
--- a/messaging_simple/messaging_simple.install
+++ b/messaging_simple/messaging_simple.install
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ function messaging_simple_schema() {
 function messaging_simple_update_6001() {
   $ret = array();
   drupal_install_schema('messaging_simple');
-  $ret[] = update_sql("INSERT INTO {messaging_simple}(mqid, language, uid, sender, subject, body, sent) SELECT mqid, language, uid, sender, subject, body, created FROM {messaging_store} WHERE method = 'simple'");
-  $ret[] = update_sql("DELETE FROM {messaging_store} WHERE method = 'simple'");
+  $ret[] = db_query("INSERT INTO {messaging_simple}(mqid, language, uid, sender, subject, body, sent) SELECT mqid, language, uid, sender, subject, body, created FROM {messaging_store} WHERE method = 'simple'")
+   ->execute();
+  $ret[] = db_query("DELETE FROM {messaging_store} WHERE method = 'simple'")->execute();
   return $ret;
 }
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