diff --git a/t/Search.t b/t/Search.t
index 9c269d03e..2da50d94e 100644
--- a/t/Search.t
+++ b/t/Search.t
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ ok(! $search->_isStopword('private.+'),      '_isStopword: regex metacharacters
 SKIP: {
     use utf8;
 
-    my $min_word_length = $session->db->quickScalar('SELECT @@ft_min_word_len');
+    my $min_word_length = $session->db->quickHashRef("show variables like 'ft_min_word_len'");
     skip 'MySQL minimum word length too long to support ideograms', 2
-        if $min_word_length > 2;
+        if $min_word_length->{Value} > 2;
 
     # Create an article to index
     my $article         = WebGUI::Asset->getImportNode( $session )->addChild( {
diff --git a/t/Search/Index.t b/t/Search/Index.t
index ce7972f39..977b253cf 100644
--- a/t/Search/Index.t
+++ b/t/Search/Index.t
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ cmp_deeply (
 SKIP: {
     use utf8;
 
-    my $min_word_length = $session->db->quickScalar('SELECT @@ft_min_word_len');
-    skip 'MySQL minimum word length too long to support ideograms', 1
-        if $min_word_length > 2;
+    my $min_word_length = $session->db->quickHashRef("show variables like 'ft_min_word_len'");
+    skip 'MySQL minimum word length too long to support ideograms', 2
+        if $min_word_length->{Value} > 2;
 
     $article->update({
         description     => "甲骨文",