diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 393bc95cbaff9039133a87b1087e3308b7da3b8b..c61b42b06f884c39c1e84709f2ab48b896c0722c 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class skadereg(
         options    => ['GRANT'],
         privileges => ['SELECT', 'INSERT', 'UPDATE', 'DELETE'],
         table      => '*.*',
-        user       => "'root'@'%'",
+        user       => 'root@%',
       }
     },
     override_options => {