diff --git a/templates/WordPress_2_Instances.template b/templates/WordPress_2_Instances.template
index 263296ba76..ad76be9a0f 100644
--- a/templates/WordPress_2_Instances.template
+++ b/templates/WordPress_2_Instances.template
@@ -121,14 +121,13 @@
           "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -f /var/lib/cloud/data/cfn-init-data\n",
           "# Setup MySQL root password and create a user\n",
           "mysqladmin -u root password '", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "'\n",
-          "cat >> /tmp/mysql-wordpress-config << EOF\n",
+          "cat << EOF | mysql -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "'\n",
           "CREATE DATABASE ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, ";\n",
           "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, ".* TO \"", { "Ref" : "DBUsername" }, "\"@\"%\"\n",
           "IDENTIFIED BY \"", { "Ref" : "DBPassword" }, "\";\n",
           "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\n",
           "EXIT\n",
-          "EOF\n",
-          "cat /tmp/mysql-wordpress-config | mysql -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' < /tmp/mysql-wordpress-config\n"
+          "EOF\n"
         ]]}}
       }
     },