diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_41460.pl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_41460.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f2810c72e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_41460.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use Modern::Perl;
+use Koha::Installer::Output qw(say_warning say_success say_info);
+
+return {
+    bug_number  => "41460",
+    description => "Remove column default from systempreferences.value",
+    up          => sub {
+        my ($args) = @_;
+        my ( $dbh, $out ) = @$args{qw(dbh out)};
+
+        # Do you stuffs here
+        $dbh->do(q{MODIFY COLUMN `value` mediumtext NOT NULL COMMENT 'system preference values'});
+
+        # Print useful stuff here
+        # tables
+        say $out "Removed default from column 'systempreferences.value'";
+    },
+};
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/db_revs/250600005.pl b/installer/data/mysql/db_revs/250600005.pl
index b0aeb88ff2..3de6d1b7ee 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/db_revs/250600005.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/db_revs/250600005.pl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ return {
         $dbh->do(
             q{
             ALTER TABLE systempreferences
-            MODIFY COLUMN `value` mediumtext NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'system preference values'
+            MODIFY COLUMN `value` mediumtext NOT NULL COMMENT 'system preference values'
         }
         );
     },
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
index e73c258a99..00e86d535e 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
@@ -6695,7 +6695,7 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `systempreferences`;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
 CREATE TABLE `systempreferences` (
   `variable` varchar(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'system preference name',
-  `value` mediumtext NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'system preference values',
+  `value` mediumtext NOT NULL COMMENT 'system preference values',
   `options` longtext DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'options for multiple choice system preferences',
   `explanation` mediumtext DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'descriptive text for the system preference',
   `type` varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'type of question this preference asks (multiple choice, plain text, yes or no, etc)',