diff --git a/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php b/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
index 04a1ebf..5df149f 100644
--- a/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
+++ b/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 class MySQL extends DB_PDO {
 
 	protected $escape_char = '`';
+	protected $system_db = 'information_schema';
 
 	/**
 	 * Connect to MySQL Database
@@ -68,23 +69,6 @@ class MySQL extends DB_PDO {
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns system tables for the current database
-	 *
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	public function get_system_tables()
-	{
-		$sql = 'SELECT `TABLE_NAME` FROM `information_schema`.`TABLES` 
-			WHERE `TABLE_SCHEMA`=\'information_schema\'';
-			
-		$res = $this->query($sql);
-		
-		return db_filter($res->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC), 'TABLE_NAME');
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 	/**
 	 * Return the number of rows returned for a SELECT query
 	 *
diff --git a/drivers/mysql/mysql_sql.php b/drivers/mysql/mysql_sql.php
index d39e540..cd7baa4 100644
--- a/drivers/mysql/mysql_sql.php
+++ b/drivers/mysql/mysql_sql.php
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ class MySQL_SQL extends DB_SQL{
 	 */
 	public function system_table_list()
 	{
-		return FALSE;
+		return 'SELECT `TABLE_NAME` FROM `information_schema`.`TABLES` 
+			WHERE `TABLE_SCHEMA`=\'information_schema\'';
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------