diff --git a/lib/core/agent.py b/lib/core/agent.py
index d81d4be83..8ea2ceef9 100644
--- a/lib/core/agent.py
+++ b/lib/core/agent.py
@@ -822,8 +822,7 @@ class Agent(object):
             limitedQuery += " %s" % limitStr
 
         elif Backend.getIdentifiedDbms() in (DBMS.ORACLE, DBMS.DB2):
-            if " ORDER BY " in limitedQuery and "(SELECT " in limitedQuery:
-                orderBy = limitedQuery[limitedQuery.index(" ORDER BY "):]
+            if " ORDER BY " in limitedQuery and "SELECT " in limitedQuery:
                 limitedQuery = limitedQuery[:limitedQuery.index(" ORDER BY ")]
 
             if query.startswith("SELECT "):
@@ -831,6 +830,7 @@ class Agent(object):
                 limitedQuery = "%s FROM (%s,%s" % (untilFrom, untilFrom.replace(delimiter, ','), limitStr)
             else:
                 limitedQuery = "%s FROM (SELECT %s,%s" % (untilFrom, ','.join(f for f in field), limitStr)
+
             limitedQuery = limitedQuery % fromFrom
             limitedQuery += "=%d" % (num + 1)
 
diff --git a/xml/queries.xml b/xml/queries.xml
index f6ce92a99..90014e7a6 100644
--- a/xml/queries.xml
+++ b/xml/queries.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
         <length query="LENGTH(%s)"/>
         <isnull query="NVL(%s,' ')"/>
         <delimiter query="||"/>
-        <limit query="ROWNUM AS LIMIT %s ORDER BY 1 ASC) WHERE LIMIT"/>
+        <limit query="ROWNUM AS LIMIT %s) WHERE LIMIT"/>
         <limitregexp query="ROWNUM\s+AS\s+.+?\s+FROM\s+.+?\)\s+WHERE\s+.+?\s*=\s*[\d]+|ROWNUM\s*=\s*[\d]+"/>
         <limitgroupstart/>
         <limitgroupstop/>