diff --git a/typo3/sysext/dbal/Classes/Database/DatabaseConnection.php b/typo3/sysext/dbal/Classes/Database/DatabaseConnection.php
index f88c8d8315725dfc0e7c433bf502ca6925a8d4ee..afd5ab8b8e626e48229a0cd23823d760d7f3de9d 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/dbal/Classes/Database/DatabaseConnection.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/dbal/Classes/Database/DatabaseConnection.php
@@ -3079,7 +3079,6 @@ class DatabaseConnection extends \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\DatabaseConnection {
 								);
 							}
 						}
-						$this->setSqlMode();
 						$this->checkConnectionCharset();
 					}