diff --git a/bundle/Command/ConvertXmlTextToRichTextCommand.php b/bundle/Command/ConvertXmlTextToRichTextCommand.php
index b0f47332..a833eb3c 100644
--- a/bundle/Command/ConvertXmlTextToRichTextCommand.php
+++ b/bundle/Command/ConvertXmlTextToRichTextCommand.php
@@ -368,13 +368,13 @@ protected function convertFieldDefinitions($dryRun, OutputInterface $output)
         $output->writeln("Found $count field definiton to convert.");
 
         $updateQuery = $this->dbal->createQueryBuilder();
-        $updateQuery->update('ezcontentclass_attribute', 'a')
-            ->set('a.data_type_string', ':newdatatypestring')
+        $updateQuery->update('ezcontentclass_attribute')
+            ->set('data_type_string', ':newdatatypestring')
             // was tagPreset in ezxmltext, unused in RichText
-            ->set('a.data_text2', ':datatext2')
+            ->set('data_text2', ':datatext2')
             ->where(
                 $updateQuery->expr()->eq(
-                    'a.data_type_string',
+                    'data_type_string',
                     ':olddatatypestring'
                 )
             )
@@ -462,18 +462,18 @@ protected function getFieldRows($datatypeString, $contentId, $offset, $limit)
     protected function updateFieldRow($dryRun, $id, $version, $datatext)
     {
         $updateQuery = $this->dbal->createQueryBuilder();
-        $updateQuery->update('ezcontentobject_attribute', 'a')
-            ->set('a.data_type_string', ':datatypestring')
-            ->set('a.data_text', ':datatext')
+        $updateQuery->update('ezcontentobject_attribute')
+            ->set('data_type_string', ':datatypestring')
+            ->set('data_text', ':datatext')
             ->where(
                 $updateQuery->expr()->eq(
-                    'a.id',
+                    'id',
                     ':id'
                 )
             )
             ->andWhere(
                 $updateQuery->expr()->eq(
-                    'a.version',
+                    'version',
                     ':version'
                 )
             )
diff --git a/bundle/Command/ImportXmlCommand.php b/bundle/Command/ImportXmlCommand.php
index 351e4b27..24889564 100644
--- a/bundle/Command/ImportXmlCommand.php
+++ b/bundle/Command/ImportXmlCommand.php
@@ -261,23 +261,23 @@ protected function contentObjectAttributeExists($objectId, $attributeId, $versio
     protected function updateContentObjectAttribute($xml, $objectId, $attributeId, $version, $language)
     {
         $updateQuery = $this->dbal->createQueryBuilder();
-        $updateQuery->update('ezcontentobject_attribute', 'a')
-            ->set('a.data_text', ':newxml')
+        $updateQuery->update('ezcontentobject_attribute')
+            ->set('data_text', ':newxml')
             ->where(
                 $updateQuery->expr()->eq(
-                    'a.data_type_string',
+                    'data_type_string',
                     ':datatypestring'
                 )
             )
             ->andWhere(
                 $updateQuery->expr()->eq(
-                    'a.contentobject_id',
+                    'contentobject_id',
                     ':objectid'
                 )
             )
             ->andWhere(
                 $updateQuery->expr()->eq(
-                    'a.id',
+                    'id',
                     ':attributeid'
                 )
             )