diff --git a/dev-db/mysql/mysql-5.7.41.ebuild b/dev-db/mysql/mysql-5.7.41.ebuild
index 1e3a9dce41a26..51a92cbfc9de1 100644
--- a/dev-db/mysql/mysql-5.7.41.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mysql/mysql-5.7.41.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="7"
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ pkg_config() {
 		local n_X
 		let n_X=${#template}-${#template_wo_X}
 		if [[ ${n_X} -lt 3 ]] ; then
-			echo "${FUNCNAME[0]}: too few X's in template ‘${template}’" >&2
+			echo "${FUNCNAME[0]}: too few X's in template '${template}'" >&2
 			return
 		fi
 
diff --git a/dev-db/mysql/mysql-8.0.37.ebuild b/dev-db/mysql/mysql-8.0.37.ebuild
index 17cfd6fbc6970..8964ad335136c 100644
--- a/dev-db/mysql/mysql-8.0.37.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mysql/mysql-8.0.37.ebuild
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ pkg_config() {
 		local n_X
 		let n_X=${#template}-${#template_wo_X}
 		if [[ ${n_X} -lt 3 ]] ; then
-			echo "${FUNCNAME[0]}: too few X's in template ‘${template}’" >&2
+			echo "${FUNCNAME[0]}: too few X's in template '${template}'" >&2
 			return
 		fi
 
diff --git a/dev-db/mysql/mysql-8.0.40.ebuild b/dev-db/mysql/mysql-8.0.40.ebuild
index ff9a9c16a44a9..eeffe2b39ec6d 100644
--- a/dev-db/mysql/mysql-8.0.40.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mysql/mysql-8.0.40.ebuild
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ pkg_config() {
 		local n_X
 		let n_X=${#template}-${#template_wo_X}
 		if [[ ${n_X} -lt 3 ]] ; then
-			echo "${FUNCNAME[0]}: too few X's in template ‘${template}’" >&2
+			echo "${FUNCNAME[0]}: too few X's in template '${template}'" >&2
 			return
 		fi