diff --git a/db/statusnet_pg.sql b/db/statusnet_pg.sql
index 2db98550c9..fe0758de89 100644
--- a/db/statusnet_pg.sql
+++ b/db/statusnet_pg.sql
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ create table notice (
     is_local integer default 0 /* comment 'notice was generated by a user' */,
     source varchar(32) /* comment 'source of comment, like "web", "im", or "clientname"' */,
     conversation integer /*id of root notice in this conversation' */ references notice (id),
-    location varchar(255) /* comment 'physical location' */,
     lat decimal(10,7) /* comment 'latitude'*/ ,
     lon decimal(10,7) /* comment 'longitude'*/ ,
     location_id integer /* comment 'location id if possible'*/ ,