diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/135_add_node_to_instances.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/135_add_node_to_instances.py
index a208aecf68..c30cdecdc1 100644
--- a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/135_add_node_to_instances.py
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/135_add_node_to_instances.py
@@ -50,6 +50,5 @@ def downgrade(migrate_engine):
     meta.bind = migrate_engine
 
     instances = Table('instances', meta, autoload=True)
-    node = Column('node', String(length=255))
 
-    instances.drop_column(node)
+    instances.drop_column('node')