--- mythconverg_backup.pl	2017-08-03 08:08:19.000000000 -0400
+++ mythconverg_backup.pl-orig	2017-08-03 07:36:25.000000000 -0400
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 # Script info
     $NAME           = 'MythTV Database Backup Script';
-    $VERSION        = '1.0.13';
+    $VERSION        = '1.0.12';
 
 # Some variables we'll use here
     our ($username, $homedir, $mythconfdir, $database_information_file);
@@ -700,17 +700,9 @@
         {
             my $have_database_libs = check_database_libs;
             return 0 if ($have_database_libs < 2);
-            my $temp_host = $mysql_conf{'db_host'};
-            if ($temp_host =~ /:/)
-            {
-              if ($temp_host =~ /^(?!\[).*(?!\])$/)
-              {
-                $temp_host = "[$temp_host]";
-              }
-            }
             $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:".
                                 "database=$mysql_conf{'db_name'}:".
-                                "host=$temp_host",
+                                "host=$mysql_conf{'db_host'}",
                                 "$mysql_conf{'db_user'}",
                                 "$mysql_conf{'db_pass'}",
                                 { PrintError => 0 });