diff --git a/src/covsonar/dbm.py b/src/covsonar/dbm.py
index e1cfb56..5469c5e 100755
--- a/src/covsonar/dbm.py
+++ b/src/covsonar/dbm.py
@@ -2016,7 +2016,6 @@ def build_string_condition(
             )
 
             # Add the value to the corresponding operator set
-            val = sonarDbManager.custom_strip(val, "%")
             data[operator].append(val)
 
         # Assemble query conditions and values