diff --git a/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqldataitems.cpp b/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqldataitems.cpp
index 3babce10815f..3e407d653c33 100644
--- a/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqldataitems.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqldataitems.cpp
@@ -542,24 +542,19 @@ QgsMssqlLayerItem *QgsMssqlSchemaItem::addLayer( const QgsMssqlLayerProperty &la
   QString tip = tr( "%1 as %2 in %3" ).arg( layerProperty.geometryColName, QgsWkbTypes::displayString( wkbType ), layerProperty.srid );
 
   QgsLayerItem::LayerType layerType;
-  switch ( wkbType )
+  QgsWkbTypes::Type flatType = QgsWkbTypes::flatType( wkbType );
+  switch ( flatType )
   {
     case QgsWkbTypes::Point:
-    case QgsWkbTypes::Point25D:
     case QgsWkbTypes::MultiPoint:
-    case QgsWkbTypes::MultiPoint25D:
       layerType = QgsLayerItem::Point;
       break;
     case QgsWkbTypes::LineString:
-    case QgsWkbTypes::LineString25D:
     case QgsWkbTypes::MultiLineString:
-    case QgsWkbTypes::MultiLineString25D:
       layerType = QgsLayerItem::Line;
       break;
     case QgsWkbTypes::Polygon:
-    case QgsWkbTypes::Polygon25D:
     case QgsWkbTypes::MultiPolygon:
-    case QgsWkbTypes::MultiPolygon25D:
       layerType = QgsLayerItem::Polygon;
       break;
     default:
diff --git a/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.cpp b/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.cpp
index 63728deb2343..a5a6ad4e18ca 100644
--- a/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.cpp
@@ -352,15 +352,15 @@ void QgsMssqlProvider::loadMetadata()
 
   QSqlQuery query = QSqlQuery( mDatabase );
   query.setForwardOnly( true );
-  if ( !query.exec( QStringLiteral( "select f_geometry_column, coord_dimension, srid, geometry_type from geometry_columns where f_table_schema = '%1' and f_table_name = '%2'" ).arg( mSchemaName, mTableName ) ) )
+  if ( !query.exec( QStringLiteral( "select f_geometry_column, srid, geometry_type from geometry_columns where f_table_schema = '%1' and f_table_name = '%2'" ).arg( mSchemaName, mTableName ) ) )
   {
     QgsDebugMsg( query.lastError().text() );
   }
   if ( query.isActive() && query.next() )
   {
     mGeometryColName = query.value( 0 ).toString();
-    mSRId = query.value( 2 ).toInt();
-    mWkbType = getWkbType( query.value( 3 ).toString(), query.value( 1 ).toInt() );
+    mSRId = query.value( 1 ).toInt();
+    mWkbType = getWkbType( query.value( 2 ).toString() );
   }
 }
 
@@ -1658,42 +1658,9 @@ void QgsMssqlProvider::mssqlWkbTypeAndDimension( QgsWkbTypes::Type wkbType, QStr
     dim = 0;
 }
 
-QgsWkbTypes::Type QgsMssqlProvider::getWkbType( const QString &geometryType, int dim )
+QgsWkbTypes::Type QgsMssqlProvider::getWkbType( const QString &geometryType )
 {
-  if ( dim == 3 )
-  {
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "POINT" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::Point25D;
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "LINESTRING" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::LineString25D;
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "POLYGON" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::Polygon25D;
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "MULTIPOINT" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::MultiPoint25D;
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "MULTILINESTRING" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::MultiLineString25D;
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "MULTIPOLYGON" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::MultiPolygon25D;
-    else
-      return QgsWkbTypes::Unknown;
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "POINT" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::Point;
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "LINESTRING" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::LineString;
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "POLYGON" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::Polygon;
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "MULTIPOINT" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::MultiPoint;
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "MULTILINESTRING" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::MultiLineString;
-    if ( geometryType == QLatin1String( "MULTIPOLYGON" ) )
-      return QgsWkbTypes::MultiPolygon;
-    else
-      return QgsWkbTypes::Unknown;
-  }
+  return QgsWkbTypes::parseType( geometryType );
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.h b/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.h
index a6b787766890..1fdd18179193 100644
--- a/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.h
+++ b/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.h
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class QgsMssqlProvider : public QgsVectorDataProvider
     }
 
     static void mssqlWkbTypeAndDimension( QgsWkbTypes::Type wkbType, QString &geometryType, int &dim );
-    static QgsWkbTypes::Type getWkbType( const QString &wkbType, int dim );
+    static QgsWkbTypes::Type getWkbType( const QString &wkbType );
 
     friend class QgsMssqlFeatureSource;
 
diff --git a/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqltablemodel.cpp b/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqltablemodel.cpp
index 945c01163853..d8f8036bdc8c 100644
--- a/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqltablemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqltablemodel.cpp
@@ -397,61 +397,5 @@ QString QgsMssqlTableModel::layerURI( const QModelIndex &index, const QString &c
 QgsWkbTypes::Type QgsMssqlTableModel::wkbTypeFromMssql( QString type )
 {
   type = type.toUpper();
-
-  if ( type == QLatin1String( "POINT" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::Point;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "POINTM" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::Point25D;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "MULTIPOINT" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::MultiPoint;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "MULTIPOINTM" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::MultiPoint25D;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "LINESTRING" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::LineString;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "LINESTRINGM" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::LineString25D;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "MULTILINESTRING" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::MultiLineString;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "MULTILINESTRINGM" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::MultiLineString25D;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "POLYGON" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::Polygon;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "POLYGONM" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::Polygon25D;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "MULTIPOLYGON" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::MultiPolygon;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "MULTIPOLYGONM" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::MultiPolygon25D;
-  }
-  else if ( type == QLatin1String( "NONE" ) )
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::NoGeometry;
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    return QgsWkbTypes::Unknown;
-  }
+  return QgsWkbTypes::parseType( type );
 }