diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/Grammar.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/Grammar.php
index 043f9b79c6a7..11c3412a45e7 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/Grammar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/Grammar.php
@@ -966,16 +966,15 @@ protected function wrapJsonSelector($value)
      * Split the given JSON selector into the field and the optional path and wrap them separately.
      *
      * @param  string  $column
-     * @param  string  $delimiter
      * @return array
      */
-    protected function wrapJsonFieldAndPath($column, $delimiter = '->')
+    protected function wrapJsonFieldAndPath($column)
     {
-        $parts = explode($delimiter, $column, 2);
+        $parts = explode('->', $column, 2);
 
         $field = $this->wrap($parts[0]);
 
-        $path = count($parts) > 1 ? ', '.$this->wrapJsonPath($parts[1], $delimiter) : '';
+        $path = count($parts) > 1 ? ', '.$this->wrapJsonPath($parts[1], '->') : '';
 
         return [$field, $path];
     }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
index 20b1daac4a0a..e7a1eead5295 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Database\Query\Grammars;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
-use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\JsonExpression;
 
@@ -319,16 +318,8 @@ protected function wrapValue($value)
      */
     protected function wrapJsonSelector($value)
     {
-        $delimiter = Str::contains($value, '->>') ? '->>' : '->';
+        list($field, $path) = $this->wrapJsonFieldAndPath($value);
 
-        list($field, $path) = $this->wrapJsonFieldAndPath($value, $delimiter);
-
-        $selector = 'json_extract('.$field.$path.')';
-
-        if ($delimiter === '->>') {
-            $selector = 'json_unquote('.$selector.')';
-        }
-
-        return $selector;
+        return 'json_unquote(json_extract('.$field.$path.'))';
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php
index 11cecd8c62ba..f5e86011e206 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ public function testMySqlWrappingJsonWithString()
     {
         $builder = $this->getMySqlBuilder();
         $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('items->sku', '=', 'foo-bar');
-        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_extract(`items`, \'$."sku"\') = ?', $builder->toSql());
+        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."sku"\')) = ?', $builder->toSql());
         $this->assertCount(1, $builder->getRawBindings()['where']);
         $this->assertEquals('foo-bar', $builder->getRawBindings()['where'][0]);
     }
@@ -2040,43 +2040,28 @@ public function testMySqlWrappingJsonWithInteger()
     {
         $builder = $this->getMySqlBuilder();
         $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('items->price', '=', 1);
-        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"\') = ?', $builder->toSql());
+        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"\')) = ?', $builder->toSql());
     }
 
     public function testMySqlWrappingJsonWithDouble()
     {
         $builder = $this->getMySqlBuilder();
         $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('items->price', '=', 1.5);
-        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"\') = ?', $builder->toSql());
+        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"\')) = ?', $builder->toSql());
     }
 
     public function testMySqlWrappingJsonWithBoolean()
     {
         $builder = $this->getMySqlBuilder();
         $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('items->available', '=', true);
-        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_extract(`items`, \'$."available"\') = true', $builder->toSql());
+        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."available"\')) = true', $builder->toSql());
     }
 
     public function testMySqlWrappingJsonWithBooleanAndIntegerThatLooksLikeOne()
     {
         $builder = $this->getMySqlBuilder();
         $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('items->available', '=', true)->where('items->active', '=', false)->where('items->number_available', '=', 0);
-        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_extract(`items`, \'$."available"\') = true and json_extract(`items`, \'$."active"\') = false and json_extract(`items`, \'$."number_available"\') = ?', $builder->toSql());
-    }
-
-    public function testMySqlWrappingJsonWithoutQuote()
-    {
-        $builder = $this->getMySqlBuilder();
-        $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('items->>sku', '=', 'foo-bar');
-        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."sku"\')) = ?', $builder->toSql());
-        $this->assertCount(1, $builder->getRawBindings()['where']);
-        $this->assertEquals('foo-bar', $builder->getRawBindings()['where'][0]);
-
-        $builder = $this->getMySqlBuilder();
-        $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('items->>price->>in_usd', '=', 'foo-bar');
-        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"."in_usd"\')) = ?', $builder->toSql());
-        $this->assertCount(1, $builder->getRawBindings()['where']);
-        $this->assertEquals('foo-bar', $builder->getRawBindings()['where'][0]);
+        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."available"\')) = true and json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."active"\')) = false and json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."number_available"\')) = ?', $builder->toSql());
     }
 
     public function testMySqlWrappingJson()
@@ -2087,15 +2072,15 @@ public function testMySqlWrappingJson()
 
         $builder = $this->getMySqlBuilder();
         $builder->select('items->price')->from('users')->where('users.items->price', '=', 1)->orderBy('items->price');
-        $this->assertEquals('select json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"\') from `users` where json_extract(`users`.`items`, \'$."price"\') = ? order by json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"\') asc', $builder->toSql());
+        $this->assertEquals('select json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"\')) from `users` where json_unquote(json_extract(`users`.`items`, \'$."price"\')) = ? order by json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"\')) asc', $builder->toSql());
 
         $builder = $this->getMySqlBuilder();
         $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('items->price->in_usd', '=', 1);
-        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"."in_usd"\') = ?', $builder->toSql());
+        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"."in_usd"\')) = ?', $builder->toSql());
 
         $builder = $this->getMySqlBuilder();
         $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('items->price->in_usd', '=', 1)->where('items->age', '=', 2);
-        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"."in_usd"\') = ? and json_extract(`items`, \'$."age"\') = ?', $builder->toSql());
+        $this->assertEquals('select * from `users` where json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."price"."in_usd"\')) = ? and json_unquote(json_extract(`items`, \'$."age"\')) = ?', $builder->toSql());
     }
 
     public function testPostgresWrappingJson()