diff --git a/bin/update-metadata b/bin/update-metadata
index 62d0bdaeacba696fe0332cfafe3b693e6b0d6e29..424bade651e0a453ff13ce55238f70231a16e709 100755
--- a/bin/update-metadata
+++ b/bin/update-metadata
@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@ AccessCheck::Data::DB->register_db(
     host     => $configuration->{database}->{host},
     password => $configuration->{database}->{password},
     username => $configuration->{database}->{username},
-    options  => [
-        $configuration->{database}->{options} ?
-            split(/, */, $configuration->{database}->{options}) :
-            ()
-    ]
+    options  => $configuration->{database}->{options}
 );
 
 my $db = AccessCheck::Data::DB->new();