diff --git a/fb_devel.install b/fb_devel.install
index f30eed9..a443d19 100644
--- a/fb_devel.install
+++ b/fb_devel.install
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ function fb_devel_requirements($phase) {
    $items = array();
   if ($phase == 'runtime') {
     $count = db_query('SELECT count(uid) FROM {users} WHERE data LIKE :as OR data LIKE :iau OR data LIKE :fbu',
-      array(':as' => '%\"app_specific\"%',
-        ':iau' => '%\"is_app_user\"%',
-        ':fbu' => '%\"fbu\"%'))->fetchField();
+      array(':as' => '%"app_specific"%',
+        ':iau' => '%"is_app_user"%',
+        ':fbu' => '%"fbu"%'))->fetchField();
     if ($count) {
       $status = array(
         'title' => $t('Drupal for Facebook obsolete data.'),
diff --git a/fb_devel.module b/fb_devel.module
index 67639b7..1f2b518 100644
--- a/fb_devel.module
+++ b/fb_devel.module
@@ -790,9 +790,9 @@ function fb_devel_user_view($account, $view_mode, $langcod) {
 function fb_devel_cron() {
   $limit = 10;
   $result = db_query_range('SELECT * FROM {users} WHERE data LIKE :as OR data like :iau OR data like :fbu',
-    0, $limit, array(':as' => '%\"app_specific\"%',
-      ':iau' => '%\"is_app_user\"%',
-      ':fbu' => '%\"fbu\"%'));
+    0, $limit, array(':as' => '%"app_specific"%',
+      ':iau' => '%"is_app_user"%',
+      ':fbu' => '%"fbu"%'));
 
   foreach ($result as $account) {
     $data = unserialize($account->data);