diff --git a/patches/patch20151022-0/patch.sh b/patches/patch20151022-0/patch.sh
index 0f529792f8078c51681972e8aec6852d7621fb2d..7952afe1badf709095cb29e0df43091c31df433c 100755
--- a/patches/patch20151022-0/patch.sh
+++ b/patches/patch20151022-0/patch.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 check_version $OLD_VERSION
 
 function addIdx {
-    $CMD_MYSQL $MYSQL_CONNECTION -D $DATABASE -e "ALTER TABLE $1 ADD COLUMN pidx TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;"
+    $MYSQL_CMD $MYSQL_CONNECTION -D $DATABASE -e "ALTER TABLE $1 ADD COLUMN pidx TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;"
 }
 
 addIdx "reference_data"
diff --git a/patches/utils/patch_header.sh b/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
index 7cb477b93f635679f8fdf529623fa36663e49eaa..0a425b807be57cdeadd77e8b9db331d6e00916e0 100644
--- a/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
+++ b/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 # ** end header
 #
 #header for patch scripts
-CMD_MYSQL=mysql
 CMD_MYSQL_DUMP=mysqldump
 USAGE="$1 [ --env=ENV_FILE ] [ --patch=PATCH ] [ --backupdir=BACKUPDIR ]\n\n"
 CMD_OPTIONS=cat <<EOF
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ function uptodate {
 # @param $1: db version string, e.g. v2.0.0
 # @return: 0 on success, 1 on failure
 function check_version {
-    local version=$($CMD_MYSQL $MYSQL_CONNECTION -B -e "Select CaosDBVersion();")
+    local version=$($MYSQL_CMD $MYSQL_CONNECTION -B -e "Select CaosDBVersion();")
 	  if [[ "$(echo $version | sed 's/^CaosDBVersion()\s//')" = "$1" ]]; then
         return 0
 	  fi
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ function dump_table {
 
 function mysql_execute {
 	set +e
-	$CMD_MYSQL $MYSQL_CONNECTION -e "$1"
+	$MYSQL_CMD $MYSQL_CONNECTION -e "$1"
 	ret=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 	if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then
 		failure "MYSQL ERROR"
@@ -177,6 +176,6 @@ function mysql_execute {
 }
 
 function redo_table {
-	  $CMD_MYSQL $MYSQL_CONNECTION < ${DATABASE_NAME}.${1}.${OLD_VERSION}.dump.sql
+	  $MYSQL_CMD $MYSQL_CONNECTION < ${DATABASE_NAME}.${1}.${OLD_VERSION}.dump.sql
 }