diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/DisplayXrefs.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/DisplayXrefs.pm
index 545fb7ad8bc6262c8c0e92885540a028cc7ba0c9..9bfcd0ca53e9a758f0e80642c69e4ad9f7e1b329 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/DisplayXrefs.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/DisplayXrefs.pm
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ my $sql =(<<SQL);
     source_id INT NOT NULL,
     priority       INT NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY (source_id)
-  ) COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci TYPE=InnoDB
+  ) COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ENGINE=InnoDB
 SQL
 
   my $sth = $self->xref->dbc->prepare($sql);
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ sub set_gene_descriptions{
     source_id INT NOT NULL,
     priority       INT NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY (source_id)
-  ) COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci TYPE=InnoDB
+  ) COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ENGINE=InnoDB
 SQL
 
   $sth = $self->xref->dbc->prepare($sql);