diff --git a/src/providers/oracle/qgsoracleprovider.cpp b/src/providers/oracle/qgsoracleprovider.cpp
index fa47fda58f9e..0339b73cc5ac 100644
--- a/src/providers/oracle/qgsoracleprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/oracle/qgsoracleprovider.cpp
@@ -756,13 +756,6 @@ bool QgsOracleProvider::loadFields()
       continue;
 
     QVariant::Type type = field.type();
-
-    if ( types.value( field.name() ) == "DATE" )
-    {
-      // date types are incorrectly detected as datetime
-      type = QVariant::Date;
-    }
-
     QgsField newField( field.name(), type, types.value( field.name() ), field.length(), field.precision(), comments.value( field.name() ) );
 
     QgsFieldConstraints constraints;
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_provider_oracle.py b/tests/src/python/test_provider_oracle.py
index 6553afd2473a..d02cb1835e35 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_provider_oracle.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_provider_oracle.py
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ def getSource(self):
     def treat_time_as_string(self):
         return True
 
+    def treat_date_as_datetime(self):
+        return True
+
     def getEditableLayer(self):
         return self.getSource()
 
@@ -190,15 +193,15 @@ def testDateTimeTypes(self):
 
         fields = vl.dataProvider().fields()
         self.assertEqual(fields.at(fields.indexFromName(
-            'date_field')).type(), QVariant.Date)
+            'date_field')).type(), QVariant.DateTime)
         self.assertEqual(fields.at(fields.indexFromName(
             'datetime_field')).type(), QVariant.DateTime)
 
         f = next(vl.getFeatures(QgsFeatureRequest()))
 
         date_idx = vl.fields().lookupField('date_field')
-        self.assertIsInstance(f.attributes()[date_idx], QDate)
-        self.assertEqual(f.attributes()[date_idx], QDate(2004, 3, 4))
+        self.assertIsInstance(f.attributes()[date_idx], QDateTime)
+        self.assertEqual(f.attributes()[date_idx], QDateTime(2004, 3, 4, 0, 0, 0))
         datetime_idx = vl.fields().lookupField('datetime_field')
         self.assertIsInstance(f.attributes()[datetime_idx], QDateTime)
         self.assertEqual(f.attributes()[datetime_idx], QDateTime(