diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_21953.perl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_21953.perl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f97520150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_21953.perl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+$DBversion = 'XXX';    # will be replaced by the RM
+if ( CheckVersion($DBversion) ) {
+    $dbh->do("UPDATE accountlines SET description = REPLACE(description, 'Lost Item ', '') WHERE description LIKE 'Lost Item %'");
+    SetVersion($DBversion);
+    print "Upgrade to $DBversion done (Bug 21953 - Remove 'Lost Item' text from accountlines description)\n";
+}
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_21953.sql b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_21953.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a18635bd6..0000000000
--- a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_21953.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-UPDATE accountlines SET description=REGEXP_REPLACE(description, '^Lost Item ', '') WHERE accounttype="PF";