diff --git a/cloud-sql/mysql/sqlalchemy/main.py b/cloud-sql/mysql/sqlalchemy/main.py
index b44c62820ab..57a5e6fbd4a 100644
--- a/cloud-sql/mysql/sqlalchemy/main.py
+++ b/cloud-sql/mysql/sqlalchemy/main.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         password=db_pass,
         database=db_name,
         query={
-            'unix_socket': '/cloudsql/{}/'.format(cloud_sql_connection_name)
+            'unix_socket': '/cloudsql/{}'.format(cloud_sql_connection_name)
         }
     ),
     # ... Specify additional properties here.