diff --git a/news/fix_sql_injection_in_history_delete.rst b/news/fix_sql_injection_in_history_delete.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43c3d349b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/fix_sql_injection_in_history_delete.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+**Security:**
+
+* The ``history delete`` action on the sqlite backend used to
+  pass matched history lines to a SQL statement without sanitization.
+  This could lead to unexpected SQL being run on the history database.
+  This is now fixed. Security risk: low.
+
diff --git a/xonsh/history/sqlite.py b/xonsh/history/sqlite.py
index 7b63d7313..cfc59fd1a 100644
--- a/xonsh/history/sqlite.py
+++ b/xonsh/history/sqlite.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def _xh_sqlite_insert_command(cursor, cmd, sessionid, store_stdout, remove_dupli
 
 
 def _xh_sqlite_get_count(cursor, sessionid=None):
-    sql = "SELECT count(*) FROM xonsh_history "
+    sql = f"SELECT count(*) FROM {XH_SQLITE_TABLE_NAME} "
     params = []
     if sessionid is not None:
         sql += "WHERE sessionid = ? "
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def _xh_sqlite_get_count(cursor, sessionid=None):
 
 
 def _xh_sqlite_get_records(cursor, sessionid=None, limit=None, newest_first=False):
-    sql = "SELECT inp, tsb, rtn, frequency, cwd FROM xonsh_history "
+    sql = f"SELECT inp, tsb, rtn, frequency, cwd FROM {XH_SQLITE_TABLE_NAME} "
     params = []
     if sessionid is not None:
         sql += "WHERE sessionid = ? "
@@ -162,14 +162,14 @@ def _xh_sqlite_get_records(cursor, sessionid=None, limit=None, newest_first=Fals
 
 def _xh_sqlite_delete_records(cursor, size_to_keep):
     sql = "SELECT min(tsb) FROM ("
-    sql += "SELECT tsb FROM xonsh_history ORDER BY tsb DESC "
+    sql += f"SELECT tsb FROM {XH_SQLITE_TABLE_NAME} ORDER BY tsb DESC "
     sql += "LIMIT %d)" % size_to_keep
     cursor.execute(sql)
     result = cursor.fetchone()
     if not result:
         return
     max_tsb = result[0]
-    sql = "DELETE FROM xonsh_history WHERE tsb < ?"
+    sql = f"DELETE FROM {XH_SQLITE_TABLE_NAME} WHERE tsb < ?"
     result = cursor.execute(sql, (max_tsb,))
     return result.rowcount
 
@@ -211,11 +211,15 @@ def xh_sqlite_pull(filename, last_pull_time, current_sessionid, src_sessionid=No
 
     if src_sessionid:
         sql = (
-            "SELECT inp FROM xonsh_history WHERE tsb > ? AND sessionid = ? ORDER BY tsb"
+            f"SELECT inp FROM {XH_SQLITE_TABLE_NAME} WHERE tsb > ?"
+            " AND sessionid = ? ORDER BY tsb"
         )
         params = [last_pull_time, src_sessionid]
     else:
-        sql = "SELECT inp FROM xonsh_history WHERE tsb > ? AND sessionid != ? ORDER BY tsb"
+        sql = (
+            f"SELECT inp FROM {XH_SQLITE_TABLE_NAME} WHERE tsb > ?"
+            " AND sessionid != ? ORDER BY tsb"
+        )
         params = [last_pull_time, current_sessionid]
 
     with _xh_sqlite_get_conn(filename=filename) as conn:
@@ -226,7 +230,7 @@ def xh_sqlite_pull(filename, last_pull_time, current_sessionid, src_sessionid=No
 
 def xh_sqlite_wipe_session(sessionid=None, filename=None):
     """Wipe the current session's entries from the database."""
-    sql = "DELETE FROM xonsh_history WHERE sessionid = ?"
+    sql = f"DELETE FROM {XH_SQLITE_TABLE_NAME} WHERE sessionid = ?"
     with _xh_sqlite_get_conn(filename=filename) as conn:
         c = conn.cursor()
         _xh_sqlite_create_history_table(c)
@@ -238,10 +242,13 @@ def xh_sqlite_delete_input_matching(pattern, filename=None):
     with _xh_sqlite_get_conn(filename=filename) as conn:
         c = conn.cursor()
         _xh_sqlite_create_history_table(c)
+        deleted = 0
         for inp, *_ in _xh_sqlite_get_records(c):
             if pattern.match(inp):
-                sql = f"DELETE FROM xonsh_history WHERE inp = '{inp}'"
-                c.execute(sql)
+                sql = f"DELETE FROM {XH_SQLITE_TABLE_NAME} WHERE inp=?"
+                c.execute(sql, (inp,))
+                deleted += 1
+        return deleted
 
 
 class SqliteHistoryGC(threading.Thread):
@@ -415,6 +422,6 @@ class SqliteHistory(History):
 
     def delete(self, pattern):
         """Deletes all entries in the database where the input matches a pattern."""
-        xh_sqlite_delete_input_matching(
+        return xh_sqlite_delete_input_matching(
             pattern=re.compile(pattern), filename=self.filename
         )