diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 22ee3460b3..1055d51d1a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2.2.13
+ * CqlRecordReader no longer quotes the keyspace when connecting, as the java driver will (CASSANDRA-10751)
  * Fix compaction failure caused by reading un-flushed data (CASSANDRA-12743)
  * Use Bounds instead of Range for sstables in anticompaction (CASSANDRA-14411)
  * Fix JSON queries with IN restrictions and ORDER BY clause (CASSANDRA-14286)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/cql3/CqlRecordReader.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/cql3/CqlRecordReader.java
index b3e440d58c..18b2f500d7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/cql3/CqlRecordReader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/cql3/CqlRecordReader.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class CqlRecordReader extends RecordReader<Long, Row>
         }
 
         if (cluster != null)
-            session = cluster.connect(quote(keyspace));
+            session = cluster.connect(keyspace);
 
         if (session == null)
           throw new RuntimeException("Can't create connection session");