diff --git a/tests/data/db_structure2.xml b/tests/data/db_structure2.xml
index fc6fe0bba7d513d14e997fc97631f3bc85d6a79b..6f12f81f477d94cb7a118288d9a41c0285f0ccdc 100644
--- a/tests/data/db_structure2.xml
+++ b/tests/data/db_structure2.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@
 
    <field>
     <name>description</name>
-    <type>clob</type>
+    <type>text</type>
     <notnull>false</notnull>
+    <length>1024</length>
    </field>
 
    <field>
diff --git a/tests/lib/dbschema.php b/tests/lib/dbschema.php
index 103909e2e2581cd0724781781e544759fb1a4c04..c2e55eabf4b6b18026fec3732c135f2d1365cd90 100644
--- a/tests/lib/dbschema.php
+++ b/tests/lib/dbschema.php
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ class Test_DBSchema extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public function doTestSchemaChanging() {
-		if (OC_Config::getValue( 'dbtype', 'sqlite' ) === 'oci') {
-			$this->markTestSkipped(
-				// see http://abhijitbashetti.blogspot.de/2011/10/converting-varchar2-to-clob-and-clob-to.html
-				'Oracle does not simply ALTER a VARCHAR into a CLOB.'
-			);
-		}
 		OC_DB::updateDbFromStructure($this->schema_file2);
 		$this->assertTableExist($this->table2);
 	}