diff --git a/modules/field/modules/text/text.install b/modules/field/modules/text/text.install
index b9bd25f..6dffa82 100644
--- a/modules/field/modules/text/text.install
+++ b/modules/field/modules/text/text.install
@@ -83,26 +83,8 @@ function text_update_dependencies() {
  * Change text field 'format' columns into varchar.
  */
 function text_update_7000() {
-  $spec = array(
-    'type' => 'varchar',
-    'length' => 255,
-    'not null' => FALSE,
-  );
-  $fields = _update_7000_field_read_fields(array(
-    'module' => 'text',
-    'storage_type' => 'field_sql_storage',
-  ));
-  foreach ($fields as $field) {
-    if ($field['deleted']) {
-      $table = "field_deleted_data_{$field['id']}";
-      $revision_table = "field_deleted_revision_{$field['id']}";
-    }
-    else {
-      $table = "field_data_{$field['field_name']}";
-      $revision_table = "field_revision_{$field['field_name']}";
-    }
-    $column = $field['field_name'] . '_' . 'format';
-    db_change_field($table, $column, $column, $spec);
-    db_change_field($revision_table, $column, $column, $spec);
-  }
+  // This update was incorrectly added during beta, where head to head updates
+  // were not supported, and conflicted with sites that had the Drupal 6 CCK
+  // text module removed. It has been emptied out, but not removed so that
+  // future updates to text module are numbered correctly.
 }