diff --git a/wp-cron-control.php b/wp-cron-control.php
index 86279a6df409bd44e42cf578bed568023379a2fa..b447b8d96d0d63be4db84d35399b7e856987b5f5 100644
--- a/wp-cron-control.php
+++ b/wp-cron-control.php
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class WP_Cron_Control {
 		global $wpdb;
 
 		// grab all scheduled posts from posts table
-		$sql = $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID, post_date_gmt FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = %s", 'future' );
+		$sql = "SELECT ID, post_date_gmt FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'future'";
 		$results = $wpdb->get_results( $sql );
 		$return = true;