diff --git a/ds.install b/ds.install
index b8ada86..7f0d4c7 100644
--- a/ds.install
+++ b/ds.install
@@ -40,14 +40,12 @@ function ds_schema() {
         'type' => 'text',
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'size' => 'big',
-        'default' => '',
       ),
       'fields' => array(
         'description' => 'The fields of for this record.',
         'type' => 'text',
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'size' => 'big',
-        'default' => '',
       ),
     ),
     'indexes' => array(
@@ -181,7 +179,6 @@ function ds_update_6201(){
       'type' => 'text',
       'not null' => TRUE,
       'size' => 'big',
-      'default' => '',
     )
   );
   db_change_field($ret, 'ds_settings', 'fields', 'fields', array(
@@ -189,7 +186,6 @@ function ds_update_6201(){
       'type' => 'text',
       'not null' => TRUE,
       'size' => 'big',
-      'default' => '',
     )
   );
   return $ret;