diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 4c5ecd1..821e11a 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -3151,11 +3151,12 @@ function _registry_check_code($type, $name = NULL) {
   // This function may get called when the default database is not active, but
   // there is no reason we'd ever want to not use the default database for
   // this query.
-  $file = db_select('registry', 'r', array('target' => 'default'))
-    ->fields('r', array('filename'))
-    ->condition('r.name', db_like($name), 'LIKE')
-    ->condition('r.type', $type)
-    ->execute()
+  $connection = Database::getConnection('default', 'default');
+  $operator = $connection->mapConditionOperator('LIKE');
+  $file = $connection->query("SELECT filename FROM {registry} WHERE name $operator[operator] :name AND type $operator[operator] :type", array(
+      ':name' => db_like($name),
+      ':type' => db_like($type),
+    ))
     ->fetchField();
 
   // Flag that we've run a lookup query and need to update the cache.