diff --git a/user_limit.module b/user_limit.module
index 8b8aca4..944aac9 100644
--- a/user_limit.module
+++ b/user_limit.module
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ function user_limit_count_users() {
   $active_only = variable_get('user_limit_active', 0);
 
   // count all users
-  $sql = 'SELECT count(*) FROM {users} WHERE uid <> "0"';
+  $sql = 'SELECT count(*) FROM {users} WHERE uid <> 0';
 
   // optionally exclude UID1
   if ($count_uid1 == 0) {
-    $sql .= ' AND uid <> "1"';
+    $sql .= ' AND uid <> 1';
   }
 
   // optionally exclude banned users
   if ($active_only) {
-    $sql .= ' AND status = "1"';
+    $sql .= ' AND status = 1';
   }
 
   $user_count = db_result(db_query($sql));