diff --git a/database/updates.inc b/database/updates.inc
index 72a4ea5533e58a3d5ee429d53a413b88ce49ad46..4728682a2d250ef2f2cd080e5c45c05f129eadf2 100644
--- a/database/updates.inc
+++ b/database/updates.inc
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ function system_update_167() {
   switch ($GLOBALS['db_type']) {
     case 'mysqli':
     case 'mysql':
-      $ret[] = update_sql("ALTER TABLE {vocabulary_node_types} CHANGE type varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''");
+      $ret[] = update_sql("ALTER TABLE {vocabulary_node_types} CHANGE type type varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''");
       break;
     case 'pgsql':
       db_change_column($ret, 'vocabulary_node_types', 'type', 'type', 'varchar(32)', array('not null' => TRUE, 'default' => "''"));