diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/depot/annotation/Column.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/depot/annotation/Column.java
index 524edeb..497961e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/depot/annotation/Column.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/depot/annotation/Column.java
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ public @interface Column
      */
     boolean nullable () default false;
 
-    /**
-     * The SQL type that is used when generating the DDL for the column.
-     */
-    String type() default "";
-
     /**
      * The column length. (Applies to String and byte[] columns.)
      */
diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/depot/impl/SQLBuilder.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/depot/impl/SQLBuilder.java
index 7ea24a4..adaad73 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/depot/impl/SQLBuilder.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/depot/impl/SQLBuilder.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public abstract class SQLBuilder
         Column column = field.getAnnotation(Column.class);
 
         ColumnDefinition coldef = (column != null) ?
-            new ColumnDefinition(nullify(column.type()), column.nullable(),
+            new ColumnDefinition(null, column.nullable(),
                                  column.unique(), nullify(column.defaultValue())) :
             new ColumnDefinition();