diff --git a/typo3/sysext/seo/ext_tables.sql b/typo3/sysext/seo/ext_tables.sql
index 7343e7ee0dfa0b149b1b5d07df86d55c918845d8..21bcf75095fdc918deacd83849602553289bf9f9 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/seo/ext_tables.sql
+++ b/typo3/sysext/seo/ext_tables.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 CREATE TABLE pages (
-	# @todo: this should be text with default '' when implemented, see todo in DefaultTceSchema
-	canonical_link varchar(2048) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	# @todo: db analyzer makes this varchar which would be ok, but the default is lost. needs review
 	sitemap_priority decimal(2,1) DEFAULT '0.5' NOT NULL,
 );