diff --git a/frontend/copr-frontend.spec b/frontend/copr-frontend.spec
index f06affe3e..113053027 100644
--- a/frontend/copr-frontend.spec
+++ b/frontend/copr-frontend.spec
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ BuildRequires: python3dist(redis)
 BuildRequires: python3dist(requests)
 BuildRequires: python3dist(sphinx)
 BuildRequires: python3dist(sphinxcontrib-httpdomain)
-BuildRequires: python3dist(sqlalchemy-utils)
 BuildRequires: python3dist(whoosh)
 BuildRequires: python3dist(wtforms) >= 2.2.1
 BuildRequires: python3dist(python-ldap)
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@ Requires: python3dist(pylibravatar)
 Requires: python3dist(pytz)
 Requires: python3dist(redis)
 Requires: python3dist(requests)
-Requires: python3dist(sqlalchemy-utils)
 Requires: python3dist(templated-dictionary)
 Requires: python3dist(wtforms) >= 2.2.1
 Requires: python3dist(pyzmq)
diff --git a/frontend/coprs_frontend/coprs/logic/batches_logic.py b/frontend/coprs_frontend/coprs/logic/batches_logic.py
index a23ae2fde..b9a09757b 100644
--- a/frontend/coprs_frontend/coprs/logic/batches_logic.py
+++ b/frontend/coprs_frontend/coprs/logic/batches_logic.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 from sqlalchemy.sql import text
-from sqlalchemy_utils.functions import quote as sa_quote
 from coprs import app, db, cache
 from coprs.helpers import WorkList
 from coprs.models import Batch, Build
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ def _lock_table(table):
     # (commit / rollback)
     with db.engine.connect() as connection:
         connection.execute(text("LOCK TABLE {} IN EXCLUSIVE MODE;".format(
-            sa_quote(db.engine, table)
+            db.engine.identifier_preparer.quote(table)
         )))