diff --git a/sql/sql_view.cc b/sql/sql_view.cc
index ebddc685594..0d92e87c299 100644
--- a/sql/sql_view.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_view.cc
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ err:
 /* index of revision number in following table */
 static const int revision_number_position= 5;
 /* index of last required parameter for making view */
-static const int last_parameter= 8;
+static const int required_view_parameters= 7;
 
 static char *view_field_names[]=
 {
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ static char *view_field_names[]=
   (char*)"md5",
   (char*)"updatable",
   (char*)"algorithm",
-  (char*)"syscharset",
   (char*)"revision",
   (char*)"timestamp",
   (char*)"create-version",
@@ -355,15 +354,13 @@ static File_option view_parameters[]=
   FILE_OPTIONS_ULONGLONG},
  {{view_field_names[3], 9},	offsetof(TABLE_LIST, algorithm),
   FILE_OPTIONS_ULONGLONG},
- {{view_field_names[4], 10},    offsetof(TABLE_LIST, syscharset),
-  FILE_OPTIONS_STRING},
- {{view_field_names[5], 8},	offsetof(TABLE_LIST, revision),
+ {{view_field_names[4], 8},	offsetof(TABLE_LIST, revision),
   FILE_OPTIONS_REV},
- {{view_field_names[6], 9},	offsetof(TABLE_LIST, timestamp),
+ {{view_field_names[5], 9},	offsetof(TABLE_LIST, timestamp),
   FILE_OPTIONS_TIMESTAMP},
- {{view_field_names[7], 14},	offsetof(TABLE_LIST, file_version),
+ {{view_field_names[6], 14},	offsetof(TABLE_LIST, file_version),
   FILE_OPTIONS_ULONGLONG},
- {{view_field_names[8], 6},	offsetof(TABLE_LIST, source),
+ {{view_field_names[7], 6},	offsetof(TABLE_LIST, source),
   FILE_OPTIONS_ESTRING},
  {{NULL, 0},			0,
   FILE_OPTIONS_STRING}
@@ -482,8 +479,6 @@ static int mysql_register_view(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *view,
   view->query.length= str.length()-1; // we do not need last \0
   view->source.str= thd->query;
   view->source.length= thd->query_length;
-  view->syscharset.str= (char *)system_charset_info->csname;
-  view->syscharset.length= strlen(view->syscharset.str);
   view->file_version= 1;
   view->calc_md5(md5);
   view->md5.str= md5;
@@ -569,7 +564,7 @@ mysql_make_view(File_parser *parser, TABLE_LIST *table)
     be used here
   */
   if (parser->parse((gptr)table, &thd->mem_root, view_parameters,
-                    last_parameter))
+                    required_view_parameters))
     goto err;
 
   /*
@@ -622,18 +617,7 @@ mysql_make_view(File_parser *parser, TABLE_LIST *table)
     thd->options&= ~(MODE_PIPES_AS_CONCAT | MODE_ANSI_QUOTES |
                      MODE_IGNORE_SPACE | MODE_NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES);
     CHARSET_INFO *save_cs= thd->variables.character_set_client;
-    if (!table->syscharset.length)
-      thd->variables.character_set_client= system_charset_info;
-    else
-    {
-      if (!(thd->variables.character_set_client=
-            get_charset_by_csname(table->syscharset.str,
-                                  MY_CS_PRIMARY, MYF(MY_WME))))
-      {
-        thd->variables.character_set_client= save_cs;
-        goto err;
-      }
-    }
+    thd->variables.character_set_client= system_charset_info;
     res= yyparse((void *)thd);
     thd->variables.character_set_client= save_cs;
     thd->options= options;
diff --git a/sql/table.h b/sql/table.h
index 93a7b8f7cf5..e8905ba092f 100644
--- a/sql/table.h
+++ b/sql/table.h
@@ -224,9 +224,8 @@ typedef struct st_table_list
   LEX_STRING	view_db;		/* save view database */
   LEX_STRING	view_name;		/* save view name */
   LEX_STRING	timestamp;		/* GMT time stamp of last operation */
-  LEX_STRING    syscharset;             /* charset of VIEW query text*/
   ulonglong	file_version;		/* version of file's field set */
-  ulonglong     updatable_view;        /* VIEW can be updated */
+  ulonglong     updatable_view;         /* VIEW can be updated */
   ulonglong	revision;		/* revision control number */
   ulonglong	algorithm;		/* 0 any, 1 tmp tables , 2 merging */
   uint          effective_algorithm;    /* which algorithm was really used */