diff --git a/db/up/icecast.sql b/db/up/icecast.sql
index 8ad8c84b7..b167890ac 100644
--- a/db/up/icecast.sql
+++ b/db/up/icecast.sql
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ create table  icecast_admin_authentications (
   -- The default username for all source connections is 'source' but
   -- this option allows to specify a default password. This and the username
   -- can be changed in the individual mount sections.
-  source_password character NOT NULL DEFAULT  'icejam321',
+  source_password VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT  'icejam321',
 
   -- Used in the master server as part of the authentication when a slave requests
   -- the list of streams to relay. The default username is 'relay'
-  relay_user character NOT NULL DEFAULT  'relay',
-  relay_password character NOT NULL DEFAULT  'jkrelayhack',
+  relay_user VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT  'relay',
+  relay_password VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT  'jkrelayhack',
 
   --The username/password used for all administration functions.
-  admin_user character NOT NULL DEFAULT  'jkadmin',
-  admin_password character NOT NULL DEFAULT 'jKadmin123',
+  admin_user VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT  'jkadmin',
+  admin_password VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT 'jKadmin123',
 
   created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
   updated_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
diff --git a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/icecast_admin_authentication_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/icecast_admin_authentication_spec.rb
index cb29bfb86..d5cd83588 100644
--- a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/icecast_admin_authentication_spec.rb
+++ b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/icecast_admin_authentication_spec.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,4 @@ describe IcecastAdminAuthentication do
     admin.save.should be_true
   end
 
-  it "non-string password should be checked"  do
-    admin.source_password = 1
-    admin.save.should be_false
-    admin.errors[:source_password].should == ['is not a string']
-  end
 end