diff --git a/apps/encryption/lib/migration.php b/apps/encryption/lib/migration.php
index d22c571fd407420111c64e8aa6556f26a0ba8f03..5396a7db627a83c0f26f91c20644ce359b38ced7 100644
--- a/apps/encryption/lib/migration.php
+++ b/apps/encryption/lib/migration.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Migration {
 		// only update during the first run
 		if ($this->installedVersion !== '-1') {
 			$query = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
-			$query->update('*PREFIX*filecache')
+			$query->update('filecache')
 				->set('size', 'unencrypted_size')
 				->where($query->expr()->eq('encrypted', $query->createParameter('encrypted')))
 				->setParameter('encrypted', 1);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Migration {
 
 		$oldAppValues = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$oldAppValues->select('*')
-			->from('*PREFIX*appconfig')
+			->from('appconfig')
 			->where($oldAppValues->expr()->eq('appid', $oldAppValues->createParameter('appid')))
 			->setParameter('appid', 'files_encryption');
 		$appSettings = $oldAppValues->execute();
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class Migration {
 
 		$oldPreferences = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$oldPreferences->select('*')
-			->from('*PREFIX*preferences')
+			->from('preferences')
 			->where($oldPreferences->expr()->eq('appid', $oldPreferences->createParameter('appid')))
 			->setParameter('appid', 'files_encryption');
 		$preferenceSettings = $oldPreferences->execute();
diff --git a/apps/encryption/tests/lib/MigrationTest.php b/apps/encryption/tests/lib/MigrationTest.php
index 5bc3b89b5b91a1ab088625b8ec6d45fca1e8522a..bb1f0a310a2360754ed39d830197737b630091a8 100644
--- a/apps/encryption/tests/lib/MigrationTest.php
+++ b/apps/encryption/tests/lib/MigrationTest.php
@@ -291,12 +291,12 @@ class MigrationTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		/** @var \OCP\IDBConnection $connection */
 		$connection = \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection();
 		$query = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
-		$query->delete('*PREFIX*appconfig')
+		$query->delete('appconfig')
 			->where($query->expr()->eq('appid', $query->createParameter('appid')))
 			->setParameter('appid', 'encryption');
 		$query->execute();
 		$query = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
-		$query->delete('*PREFIX*preferences')
+		$query->delete('preferences')
 			->where($query->expr()->eq('appid', $query->createParameter('appid')))
 			->setParameter('appid', 'encryption');
 		$query->execute();
@@ -309,10 +309,10 @@ class MigrationTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->invokePrivate($m, 'installedVersion', ['0.7']);
 		$m->updateDB();
 
-		$this->verifyDB('*PREFIX*appconfig', 'files_encryption', 0);
-		$this->verifyDB('*PREFIX*preferences', 'files_encryption', 0);
-		$this->verifyDB('*PREFIX*appconfig', 'encryption', 3);
-		$this->verifyDB('*PREFIX*preferences', 'encryption', 1);
+		$this->verifyDB('appconfig', 'files_encryption', 0);
+		$this->verifyDB('preferences', 'files_encryption', 0);
+		$this->verifyDB('appconfig', 'encryption', 3);
+		$this->verifyDB('preferences', 'encryption', 1);
 
 	}
 
@@ -329,17 +329,17 @@ class MigrationTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->invokePrivate($m, 'installedVersion', ['0.7']);
 		$m->updateDB();
 
-		$this->verifyDB('*PREFIX*appconfig', 'files_encryption', 0);
-		$this->verifyDB('*PREFIX*preferences', 'files_encryption', 0);
-		$this->verifyDB('*PREFIX*appconfig', 'encryption', 3);
-		$this->verifyDB('*PREFIX*preferences', 'encryption', 1);
+		$this->verifyDB('appconfig', 'files_encryption', 0);
+		$this->verifyDB('preferences', 'files_encryption', 0);
+		$this->verifyDB('appconfig', 'encryption', 3);
+		$this->verifyDB('preferences', 'encryption', 1);
 
 		// check if the existing values where overwritten correctly
 		/** @var \OC\DB\Connection $connection */
 		$connection = \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection();
 		$query = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$query->select('configvalue')
-			->from('*PREFIX*appconfig')
+			->from('appconfig')
 			->where($query->expr()->andX(
 				$query->expr()->eq('appid', $query->createParameter('appid')),
 				$query->expr()->eq('configkey', $query->createParameter('configkey'))
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class MigrationTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 		$query = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$query->select('configvalue')
-			->from('*PREFIX*preferences')
+			->from('preferences')
 			->where($query->expr()->andX(
 				$query->expr()->eq('appid', $query->createParameter('appid')),
 				$query->expr()->eq('configkey', $query->createParameter('configkey')),
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ class MigrationTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$connection = \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection();
 		$query = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$query->select('*')
-			->from('*PREFIX*filecache');
+			->from('filecache');
 		$result = $query->execute();
 		$entries = $result->fetchAll();
 		foreach($entries as $entry) {
@@ -417,15 +417,15 @@ class MigrationTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		/** @var \OCP\IDBConnection $connection */
 		$connection = \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection();
 		$query = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
-		$query->delete('*PREFIX*filecache');
+		$query->delete('filecache');
 		$query->execute();
 		$query = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$result = $query->select('fileid')
-			->from('*PREFIX*filecache')
+			->from('filecache')
 			->setMaxResults(1)->execute()->fetchAll();
 		$this->assertEmpty($result);
 		$query = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
-		$query->insert('*PREFIX*filecache')
+		$query->insert('filecache')
 			->values(
 				array(
 					'storage' => $query->createParameter('storage'),
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ class MigrationTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		}
 		$query = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$result = $query->select('fileid')
-			->from('*PREFIX*filecache')
+			->from('filecache')
 			->execute()->fetchAll();
 		$this->assertSame(19, count($result));
 	}
diff --git a/apps/files_trashbin/command/cleanup.php b/apps/files_trashbin/command/cleanup.php
index 0cc94912339a9a4155ea39f1b81b7f02753a3c31..60717abac180ed87b90281743572c2638075a7dd 100644
--- a/apps/files_trashbin/command/cleanup.php
+++ b/apps/files_trashbin/command/cleanup.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class CleanUp extends Command {
 		if ($this->rootFolder->nodeExists('/' . $uid . '/files_trashbin')) {
 			$this->rootFolder->get('/' . $uid . '/files_trashbin')->delete();
 			$query = $this->dbConnection->getQueryBuilder();
-			$query->delete('*PREFIX*files_trash')
+			$query->delete('files_trash')
 				->where($query->expr()->eq('user', $query->createParameter('uid')))
 				->setParameter('uid', $uid);
 			$query->execute();
diff --git a/apps/files_trashbin/tests/command/cleanuptest.php b/apps/files_trashbin/tests/command/cleanuptest.php
index a7400e901fa8cf97b4fc814d4a882d95e0ec5d81..d4cccee448e26678a22f95b67e47d26307845b70 100644
--- a/apps/files_trashbin/tests/command/cleanuptest.php
+++ b/apps/files_trashbin/tests/command/cleanuptest.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class CleanUpTest extends TestCase {
 	protected $dbConnection;
 
 	/** @var  string */
-	protected $trashTable = '*PREFIX*files_trash';
+	protected $trashTable = 'files_trash';
 
 	/** @var string  */
 	protected $user0 = 'user0';
diff --git a/lib/private/share/share.php b/lib/private/share/share.php
index 40fcc59f219bb9778c73422ec6a04952ab6a8ab6..9aea4677b5b0738002acabc0ade6bbdeab4ec003 100644
--- a/lib/private/share/share.php
+++ b/lib/private/share/share.php
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ class Share extends Constants {
 		$qb = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
 
 		$qb->select('uid_owner')
-			->from('*PREFIX*share')
+			->from('share')
 			->where($qb->expr()->eq('id', $qb->createParameter('shareId')))
 			->setParameter(':shareId', $shareId);
 		$result = $qb->execute();
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ class Share extends Constants {
 		self::verifyPassword($password);
 
 		$qb = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
-		$qb->update('*PREFIX*share')
+		$qb->update('share')
 			->set('share_with', $qb->createParameter('pass'))
 			->where($qb->expr()->eq('id', $qb->createParameter('shareId')))
 			->setParameter(':pass', is_null($password) ? null : \OC::$server->getHasher()->hash($password))
diff --git a/lib/repair/cleantags.php b/lib/repair/cleantags.php
index 2bda1047081e6139d8c34e730f6b147afa557a87..d16a49fbca70913d52eee3939ea2e05e26dd5872 100644
--- a/lib/repair/cleantags.php
+++ b/lib/repair/cleantags.php
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class CleanTags extends BasicEmitter implements RepairStep {
 	protected function deleteOrphanFileEntries() {
 		$this->deleteOrphanEntries(
 			'%d tags for delete files have been removed.',
-			'*PREFIX*vcategory_to_object', 'objid',
-			'*PREFIX*filecache', 'fileid', 'path_hash'
+			'vcategory_to_object', 'objid',
+			'filecache', 'fileid', 'path_hash'
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ class CleanTags extends BasicEmitter implements RepairStep {
 	protected function deleteOrphanTagEntries() {
 		$this->deleteOrphanEntries(
 			'%d tag entries for deleted tags have been removed.',
-			'*PREFIX*vcategory_to_object', 'categoryid',
-			'*PREFIX*vcategory', 'id', 'uid'
+			'vcategory_to_object', 'categoryid',
+			'vcategory', 'id', 'uid'
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ class CleanTags extends BasicEmitter implements RepairStep {
 	protected function deleteOrphanCategoryEntries() {
 		$this->deleteOrphanEntries(
 			'%d tags with no entries have been removed.',
-			'*PREFIX*vcategory', 'id',
-			'*PREFIX*vcategory_to_object', 'categoryid', 'type'
+			'vcategory', 'id',
+			'vcategory_to_object', 'categoryid', 'type'
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/repair/filletags.php b/lib/repair/filletags.php
index f1bb2c896c4632bee683094692ef0e1549f318e3..40072209982399e73b4aed3d2282373e6aefef84 100644
--- a/lib/repair/filletags.php
+++ b/lib/repair/filletags.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class FillETags extends BasicEmitter implements \OC\RepairStep {
 
 	public function run() {
 		$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
-		$qb->update('*PREFIX*filecache')
+		$qb->update('filecache')
 			->set('etag', $qb->expr()->literal('xxx'))
 			->where($qb->expr()->eq('etag', $qb->expr()->literal('')))
 			->orWhere($qb->expr()->isNull('etag'));
diff --git a/tests/lib/repair/cleantags.php b/tests/lib/repair/cleantags.php
index 2f6d0879642cca08cbc89e7e29a9679dd0964ce7..a511daa03d67a8275dc264670e3a4596d15c0721 100644
--- a/tests/lib/repair/cleantags.php
+++ b/tests/lib/repair/cleantags.php
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ class CleanTags extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 	protected function cleanUpTables() {
 		$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
-		$qb->delete('*PREFIX*vcategory')
+		$qb->delete('vcategory')
 			->execute();
 
-		$qb->delete('*PREFIX*vcategory_to_object')
+		$qb->delete('vcategory_to_object')
 			->execute();
 
-		$qb->delete('*PREFIX*filecache')
+		$qb->delete('filecache')
 			->execute();
 	}
 
@@ -61,20 +61,20 @@ class CleanTags extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->addTagEntry(9999999, $cat3, 'contacts'); // Retained
 		$this->addTagEntry($this->getFileID(), $cat3 + 1, 'files'); // Deleted: Category is NULL
 
-		$this->assertEntryCount('*PREFIX*vcategory_to_object', 4, 'Assert tag entries count before repair step');
-		$this->assertEntryCount('*PREFIX*vcategory', 4, 'Assert tag categories count before repair step');
+		$this->assertEntryCount('vcategory_to_object', 4, 'Assert tag entries count before repair step');
+		$this->assertEntryCount('vcategory', 4, 'Assert tag categories count before repair step');
 
 		self::invokePrivate($this->repair, 'deleteOrphanFileEntries');
-		$this->assertEntryCount('*PREFIX*vcategory_to_object', 3, 'Assert tag entries count after cleaning file entries');
-		$this->assertEntryCount('*PREFIX*vcategory', 4, 'Assert tag categories count after cleaning file entries');
+		$this->assertEntryCount('vcategory_to_object', 3, 'Assert tag entries count after cleaning file entries');
+		$this->assertEntryCount('vcategory', 4, 'Assert tag categories count after cleaning file entries');
 
 		self::invokePrivate($this->repair, 'deleteOrphanTagEntries');
-		$this->assertEntryCount('*PREFIX*vcategory_to_object', 2, 'Assert tag entries count after cleaning tag entries');
-		$this->assertEntryCount('*PREFIX*vcategory', 4, 'Assert tag categories count after cleaning tag entries');
+		$this->assertEntryCount('vcategory_to_object', 2, 'Assert tag entries count after cleaning tag entries');
+		$this->assertEntryCount('vcategory', 4, 'Assert tag categories count after cleaning tag entries');
 
 		self::invokePrivate($this->repair, 'deleteOrphanCategoryEntries');
-		$this->assertEntryCount('*PREFIX*vcategory_to_object', 2, 'Assert tag entries count after cleaning category entries');
-		$this->assertEntryCount('*PREFIX*vcategory', 2, 'Assert tag categories count after cleaning category entries');
+		$this->assertEntryCount('vcategory_to_object', 2, 'Assert tag entries count after cleaning category entries');
+		$this->assertEntryCount('vcategory', 2, 'Assert tag categories count after cleaning category entries');
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class CleanTags extends \Test\TestCase {
 	 */
 	protected function addTagCategory($category, $type) {
 		$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
-		$qb->insert('*PREFIX*vcategory')
+		$qb->insert('vcategory')
 			->values([
 				'uid'		=> $qb->createNamedParameter('TestRepairCleanTags'),
 				'category'	=> $qb->createNamedParameter($category),
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class CleanTags extends \Test\TestCase {
 			])
 			->execute();
 
-		return (int) $this->getLastInsertID('*PREFIX*vcategory', 'id');
+		return (int) $this->getLastInsertID('vcategory', 'id');
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class CleanTags extends \Test\TestCase {
 	 */
 	protected function addTagEntry($objectId, $category, $type) {
 		$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
-		$qb->insert('*PREFIX*vcategory_to_object')
+		$qb->insert('vcategory_to_object')
 			->values([
 				'objid'			=> $qb->createNamedParameter($objectId, \PDO::PARAM_INT),
 				'categoryid'	=> $qb->createNamedParameter($category, \PDO::PARAM_INT),
@@ -141,21 +141,21 @@ class CleanTags extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 		// We create a new file entry and delete it after the test again
 		$fileName = $this->getUniqueID('TestRepairCleanTags', 12);
-		$qb->insert('*PREFIX*filecache')
+		$qb->insert('filecache')
 			->values([
 				'path'			=> $qb->createNamedParameter($fileName),
 				'path_hash'		=> $qb->createNamedParameter(md5($fileName)),
 			])
 			->execute();
 		$fileName = $this->getUniqueID('TestRepairCleanTags', 12);
-		$qb->insert('*PREFIX*filecache')
+		$qb->insert('filecache')
 			->values([
 				'path'			=> $qb->createNamedParameter($fileName),
 				'path_hash'		=> $qb->createNamedParameter(md5($fileName)),
 			])
 			->execute();
 
-		$this->createdFile = (int) $this->getLastInsertID('*PREFIX*filecache', 'fileid');
+		$this->createdFile = (int) $this->getLastInsertID('filecache', 'fileid');
 		return $this->createdFile;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/share/share.php b/tests/lib/share/share.php
index b6d3e16826d336eade230eaf4359f6d8f3175a80..ef0d9822085d4b6f5cbe0cf75ee8e60e1863c95a 100644
--- a/tests/lib/share/share.php
+++ b/tests/lib/share/share.php
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ class Test_Share extends \Test\TestCase {
 		// Find the share ID in the db
 		$qb = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$qb->select('id')
-		   ->from('*PREFIX*share')
+		   ->from('share')
 		   ->where($qb->expr()->eq('item_type', $qb->createParameter('type')))
 		   ->andWhere($qb->expr()->eq('item_source', $qb->createParameter('source')))
 		   ->andWhere($qb->expr()->eq('uid_owner', $qb->createParameter('owner')))
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ class Test_Share extends \Test\TestCase {
 		// Fetch the hash from the database
 		$qb = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$qb->select('share_with')
-		   ->from('*PREFIX*share')
+		   ->from('share')
 			->where($qb->expr()->eq('id', $qb->createParameter('id')))
 		   ->setParameter('id', $id);
 		$hash = $qb->execute()->fetch()['share_with'];