diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/MySqlSchemaManager.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/MySqlSchemaManager.php
index 006f2e5778e..85b5b5c4734 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/MySqlSchemaManager.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/MySqlSchemaManager.php
@@ -192,11 +192,6 @@ protected function _getPortableTableColumnDefinition($tableColumn)
 
         $column = new Column($tableColumn['field'], Type::getType($type), $options);
 
-        /**
-         * The key 'characterset' in $tableColumn is from MySql platform implementation
-         *
-         * @see MySqlPlatform::getListTableColumnsSQL()
-         */
         if (isset($tableColumn['characterset'])) {
             $column->setPlatformOption('charset', $tableColumn['characterset']);
         }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/MySqlSchemaManagerTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/MySqlSchemaManagerTest.php
index 45354297809..e48b28717ca 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/MySqlSchemaManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/MySqlSchemaManagerTest.php
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public function testColumnCharset()
 
         $columns = $this->schemaManager->listTableColumns('test_column_charset');
 
-        self::assertArrayNotHasKey('collation', $columns['id']->getPlatformOptions());
+        self::assertFalse($columns['id']->hasPlatformOption('charset'));
         self::assertEquals('utf8', $columns['no_charset']->getPlatformOption('charset'));
         self::assertEquals('ascii', $columns['foo']->getPlatformOption('charset'));
         self::assertEquals('latin1', $columns['bar']->getPlatformOption('charset'));
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatformTestCase.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatformTestCase.php
index bf4e5e2406a..6dec263df34 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatformTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatformTestCase.php
@@ -913,19 +913,6 @@ public function testColumnCharsetDeclarationSQL() : void
         );
     }
 
-    public function testGetCreateTableSQLWithColumnCharset() : void
-    {
-        $table = new Table('test_column_charset');
-        $table->addColumn('no_charset', 'string');
-        $table->addColumn('column_charset', 'string')->setPlatformOption('charset', 'ascii');
-
-        self::assertSame(
-            ['CREATE TABLE test_column_charset (no_charset VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, column_charset VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB'],
-            $this->platform->getCreateTableSQL($table),
-            'Column "no_charset" will use the default charset from the table/database and "column_charset" overwrites the charset on this column'
-        );
-    }
-
     public function testSupportsColumnCollation() : void
     {
         self::assertTrue($this->platform->supportsColumnCollation());