diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-sql/rdbms_depend/mysql/backsql_drop.sql b/servers/slapd/back-sql/rdbms_depend/mysql/backsql_drop.sql
index b497eb9d54..a81fa8b2d4 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-sql/rdbms_depend/mysql/backsql_drop.sql
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-sql/rdbms_depend/mysql/backsql_drop.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ldap_referrals;
-
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ldap_entry_objclasses;
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ldap_attr_mappings;