diff --git a/typo3/sysext/filemetadata/ext_tables.sql b/typo3/sysext/filemetadata/ext_tables.sql
index f8a8b98b8d070b60373343e225ddbcc22d174fce..25e3a7669b7e798d054cf045e1b4a63d34dfdb74 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/filemetadata/ext_tables.sql
+++ b/typo3/sysext/filemetadata/ext_tables.sql
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ CREATE TABLE sys_file_metadata (
 	ranking int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0',
 	content_creation_date int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0',
 	content_modification_date int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0',
-	note text NOT NULL,
+	note text,
 
 	# px,mm,cm,m,p, ...
 	unit char(3) DEFAULT '',
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ CREATE TABLE sys_file_metadata (
 
 	# FE permissions
 	fe_groups tinytext
-);
+);
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