diff --git a/utils/sql/git/required/2013_07_11_NPC_Special_Abilities.sql b/utils/sql/git/required/2013_07_11_NPC_Special_Abilities.sql
index 79e322401..e93989777 100644
--- a/utils/sql/git/required/2013_07_11_NPC_Special_Abilities.sql
+++ b/utils/sql/git/required/2013_07_11_NPC_Special_Abilities.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ALTER TABLE `npc_types`  ADD COLUMN `special_abilities` TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '' AFTER `npcspecialattks`;
+ALTER TABLE `npc_types`  ADD COLUMN `special_abilities` TEXT NULL AFTER `npcspecialattks`;
 ALTER TABLE `npc_types` MODIFY COLUMN `special_abilities` text CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci NULL;
 
 UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "1,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%S%';
diff --git a/utils/sql/git/required/2013_10_12_Merc_Special_Abilities.sql b/utils/sql/git/required/2013_10_12_Merc_Special_Abilities.sql
index 46fbb1012..cf63625da 100644
--- a/utils/sql/git/required/2013_10_12_Merc_Special_Abilities.sql
+++ b/utils/sql/git/required/2013_10_12_Merc_Special_Abilities.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-ALTER TABLE `merc_stats`  ADD COLUMN `special_abilities` TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '' AFTER `specialattks`;
+ALTER TABLE `merc_stats`  ADD COLUMN `special_abilities` TEXT NULL AFTER `specialattks`;
 ALTER TABLE `merc_stats` MODIFY COLUMN `special_abilities`  text CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci NULL;
- 
+
 UPDATE merc_stats SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "1,1^") WHERE specialattks LIKE BINARY '%S%';
 UPDATE merc_stats SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "2,1^") WHERE specialattks LIKE BINARY '%E%';
 UPDATE merc_stats SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "3,1^") WHERE specialattks LIKE BINARY '%R%';