diff --git a/sql/base/characters.sql b/sql/base/characters.sql
index 59777c8df..a62bbfd06 100644
--- a/sql/base/characters.sql
+++ b/sql/base/characters.sql
@@ -5,18 +5,6 @@ MySQL - 5.6.26-log : Database - characters
 */
 
 
-/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;
-
-/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=''*/;
-
-/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
-/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
-/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
-/*!40111 SET @OLD_SQL_NOTES=@@SQL_NOTES, SQL_NOTES=0 */;
-CREATE DATABASE /*!32312 IF NOT EXISTS*/`characters` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 */;
-
-USE `characters`;
-
 /*Table structure for table `account_achievement` */
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `account_achievement`;
@@ -1218,7 +1206,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `characters` (
   KEY `idx_account` (`account`),
   KEY `idx_online` (`online`),
   KEY `idx_name` (`name`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COMMENT='Player System';
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COMMENT='Player System';
 
 /*Data for the table `characters` */