diff --git a/src/engine/server/databases/connection.h b/src/engine/server/databases/connection.h
index 0fb16366e..6ed6ce63e 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/databases/connection.h
+++ b/src/engine/server/databases/connection.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ public:
 	// explicitly convert before inserting timestamps, NOTE: CURRENT_TIMESTAMP in SQLite is UTC by
 	// default and doesn't have to be converted
 	virtual const char *InsertTimestampAsUtc() const = 0;
+	// can be used in the context of `LIKE Map`, adds `? COLLATE`
+	virtual const char *CollateNocase() const = 0;
 
 	enum Status
 	{
diff --git a/src/engine/server/databases/mysql.h b/src/engine/server/databases/mysql.h
index f99cc816b..4c1e6e4b9 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/databases/mysql.h
+++ b/src/engine/server/databases/mysql.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public:
 	virtual const char *BinaryCollate() const { return "utf8mb4_bin"; }
 	virtual void ToUnixTimestamp(const char *pTimestamp, char *aBuf, unsigned int BufferSize);
 	virtual const char *InsertTimestampAsUtc() const { return "?"; }
+	virtual const char *CollateNocase() const { return "CONVERT(? USING utf8mb4) COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci"; }
 
 	virtual Status Connect();
 	virtual void Disconnect();
diff --git a/src/engine/server/databases/sqlite.h b/src/engine/server/databases/sqlite.h
index 186c9fdbe..fda14f2fb 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/databases/sqlite.h
+++ b/src/engine/server/databases/sqlite.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public:
 	virtual const char *BinaryCollate() const { return "BINARY"; }
 	virtual void ToUnixTimestamp(const char *pTimestamp, char *aBuf, unsigned int BufferSize);
 	virtual const char *InsertTimestampAsUtc() const { return "DATETIME(?, 'utc')"; }
+	virtual const char *CollateNocase() const { return "? COLLATE NOCASE"; }
 
 	virtual Status Connect();
 	virtual void Disconnect();
diff --git a/src/game/server/score.cpp b/src/game/server/score.cpp
index 0e5264fa8..d88529df5 100644
--- a/src/game/server/score.cpp
+++ b/src/game/server/score.cpp
@@ -291,13 +291,13 @@ bool CScore::MapVoteThread(IDbConnection *pSqlServer, const ISqlData *pGameData)
 	str_format(aBuf, sizeof(aBuf),
 			"SELECT Map, Server "
 			"FROM %s_maps "
-			"WHERE Map LIKE convert(? using utf8mb4) COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci "
+			"WHERE Map LIKE %s "
 			"ORDER BY "
 				"CASE WHEN Map = ? THEN 0 ELSE 1 END, "
 				"CASE WHEN Map LIKE ? THEN 0 ELSE 1 END, "
 				"LENGTH(Map), Map "
 			"LIMIT 1;",
-			pSqlServer->GetPrefix());
+			pSqlServer->GetPrefix(), pSqlServer->CollateNocase());
 	pSqlServer->PrepareStatement(aBuf);
 	pSqlServer->BindString(1, aFuzzyMap);
 	pSqlServer->BindString(2, pData->m_Name);
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ bool CScore::MapInfoThread(IDbConnection *pSqlServer, const ISqlData *pGameData)
 				"(SELECT MIN(Time) FROM %s_race WHERE Map = l.Map AND Name = ?) AS OwnTime "
 			"FROM ("
 				"SELECT * FROM %s_maps "
-				"WHERE Map LIKE convert(? using utf8mb4) COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci "
+				"WHERE Map LIKE %s "
 				"ORDER BY "
 					"CASE WHEN Map = ? THEN 0 ELSE 1 END, "
 					"CASE WHEN Map LIKE ? THEN 0 ELSE 1 END, "
@@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ bool CScore::MapInfoThread(IDbConnection *pSqlServer, const ISqlData *pGameData)
 			") as l;",
 			pSqlServer->GetPrefix(), pSqlServer->GetPrefix(), pSqlServer->GetPrefix(),
 			aTimestamp, aCurrentTimestamp, aTimestamp,
-			pSqlServer->GetPrefix(), pSqlServer->GetPrefix()
+			pSqlServer->GetPrefix(), pSqlServer->GetPrefix(),
+			pSqlServer->CollateNocase()
 	);
 	pSqlServer->PrepareStatement(aBuf);
 	pSqlServer->BindString(1, pData->m_RequestingPlayer);