diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/io/DatabaseXmlUtil.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/io/DatabaseXmlUtil.java
index 4eb7fd84e4..b8fbfb79b7 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/io/DatabaseXmlUtil.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/io/DatabaseXmlUtil.java
@@ -235,9 +235,7 @@ public static Table nextTable(XmlPullParser parser, String catalog, String schem
                                 } else if (attributeName.equalsIgnoreCase("size")) {
                                     column.setSize(attributeValue);
                                 } else if (attributeName.equalsIgnoreCase("default")) {
-                                    if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(attributeValue)) {
                                         column.setDefaultValue(attributeValue);
-                                    }
                                 } else if (attributeName.equalsIgnoreCase("autoIncrement")) {
                                     column.setAutoIncrement(FormatUtils.toBoolean(attributeValue));
                                 } else if (attributeName.equalsIgnoreCase("javaName")) {