diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 1a1fb17229554ecc1d81a4823dbbee9922c8942e..437160876e7226a5e4e199d1641d2b90a93ef6f0 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ install: _install _grant upgrade
 
 .PHONY: _install
 _install:
-	@echo $(MYSQL_CONNECTION)
 	@if $(MAKE) _exists > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		printf "\n\nA database with with the name \"$(DATABASE_NAME)\" does already exist.\nCall 'make drop-$(DATABASE_NAME)' to delete that database or reconfigure with './configure'.\n"; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/patches/utils/patch_header.sh b/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
index 6407567fb7b270252a2860821272297044240c8f..8403fd7d7e9a60ee5dda5f1ed996f77ccd6cf6ad 100644
--- a/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
+++ b/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
  -u)
   shift
   if test $# -gt 0; then
-   DATABASE_USER=$1
+   MYSQL_USER=$1
   else
    echo "no database specified"
    exit 1
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
   shift
   ;;
  --user*)
-  DATABASE_USER=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/^[^=]*=//g'`
+  MYSQL_USER=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/^[^=]*=//g'`
   shift
   ;;
  -l)
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ then
   MYSQL_CONNECTION="--login-path=$LOGIN_PATH"
 else
   MYSQL_CONNECTION=""
-  if [ "$DATABASE_USER" ]
+  if [ "$MYSQL_USER" ]
   then
-    MYSQL_CONNECTION="--user=$DATABASE_USER"
+    MYSQL_CONNECTION="--user=$MYSQL_USER"
   fi
-  if [ "$DATABASE_USER_PASSWORD" ]
+  if [ "$MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD" ]
   then
-    MYSQL_CONNECTION="$MYSQL_CONNECTION --password=$DATABASE_USER_PASSWORD"
+    MYSQL_CONNECTION="$MYSQL_CONNECTION --password=$MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD"
   fi
 fi