diff --git a/include/proxysql_utils.h b/include/proxysql_utils.h
index 77c21d3f1..ffe3fe1bb 100644
--- a/include/proxysql_utils.h
+++ b/include/proxysql_utils.h
@@ -211,33 +211,6 @@ std::string generate_multi_rows_query(int rows, int params);
 
 void close_all_non_term_fd(std::vector<int> excludeFDs);
 
-/**
- * @brief Suggested implementation of 'mismatch_' from ['cppreference'](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm/mismatch).
- *
- * @param first1 begin of the first range of the elements.
- * @param last1 end of the first range of the elements.
- * @param first2 begin of the second range of the elements.
- * @param last2 end of the second range of the elements.
- * @param p binary predicate which returns `true` if the elements should be treated as equal.
- *
- * @return std::pair with iterators to the first two non-equal elements.
- */
-template<class InputIt1, class InputIt2, class BinaryPredicate>
-std::pair<InputIt1, InputIt2> mismatch_(
-	InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2, InputIt2 last2, BinaryPredicate p
-) {
-    while (first1 != last1 && first2 != last2 && p(*first1, *first2)) {
-        ++first1, ++first2;
-    }
-    return std::make_pair(first1, first2);
-}
-
-/**
- * @brief Returns a sorted copy in ascending order of the supplied version numbers.
- * @details Expected version numbers formats are: ['N', 'N.N', 'N.N.N', ...]
- */
-std::vector<std::string> sort_versions(std::vector<std::string> versions);
-
 /**
  * @brief Returns the expected error for query 'SELECT $$'.
  * @param version The 'server_version' for which the error should match.
diff --git a/lib/proxysql_utils.cpp b/lib/proxysql_utils.cpp
index a4c3e25c3..34ae6e5e3 100644
--- a/lib/proxysql_utils.cpp
+++ b/lib/proxysql_utils.cpp
@@ -433,29 +433,6 @@ void close_all_non_term_fd(std::vector<int> excludeFDs) {
 	}
 }
 
-vector<string> sort_versions(vector<string> versions) {
-	std::sort(
-		versions.begin(), versions.end(),
-		[](const string& v1, const string& v2) {
-			const auto result =
-				mismatch_(
-					v1.cbegin(), v1.cend(), v2.cbegin(), v2.cend(),
-					[](const unsigned char lhs, const unsigned char rhs) {
-						return tolower(lhs) == tolower(rhs);
-					}
-				);
-
-			const bool not_equal = result.second != v2.cend();
-			const bool fst_shorter = result.first == v1.cend();
-			const bool fst_lesser = std::tolower(*result.first) < std::tolower(*result.second);
-
-			return not_equal && (fst_shorter || fst_lesser);
-		}
-	);
-
-	return versions;
-}
-
 std::pair<int,const char*> get_dollar_quote_error(const char* version) {
 	const char* ER_PARSE_MSG {
 		"You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server"
@@ -465,9 +442,7 @@ std::pair<int,const char*> get_dollar_quote_error(const char* version) {
 	if (strcasecmp(version,"8.1.0") == 0) {
 		return { ER_PARSE_ERROR, ER_PARSE_MSG };
 	} else {
-		const vector<string> sorted { sort_versions({"8.1.0", version}) };
-
-		if (sorted[0] == "8.1.0") {
+		if (strncasecmp(version, "8.1", 3) == 0) {
 			// SQLSTATE: 42000
 			return { ER_PARSE_ERROR, ER_PARSE_MSG };
 		} else {
diff --git a/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4300-dollar_quote_check-t.cpp b/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4300-dollar_quote_check-t.cpp
index 2b2c95826..72ecc5b70 100644
--- a/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4300-dollar_quote_check-t.cpp
+++ b/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4300-dollar_quote_check-t.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 using std::vector;
 using std::string;
 
-const vector<string> versions { "5.6", "5.7", "8.0", "8.1.0", "8.1", "8.2" };
+const vector<string> versions { "5.6", "5.7", "8.0", "8.1.0", "8.1", "8.1.4" };
 
 int test_supports_dollar_quote(MYSQL* conn, int v_idx, int v8_1_0_idx) {
 	int rc = mysql_query_t(conn, "SELECT $$");