diff --git a/modules/t/test-genome-DBs/homo_sapiens/core/meta.sql b/modules/t/test-genome-DBs/homo_sapiens/core/meta.sql
index 0239e15c258da8a55a54690da59b643549e0a5b7..92e675c61f75abc8cda00aa63e75c4b41fdd09e1 100644
--- a/modules/t/test-genome-DBs/homo_sapiens/core/meta.sql
+++ b/modules/t/test-genome-DBs/homo_sapiens/core/meta.sql
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ CREATE TABLE meta (
   UNIQUE    KEY species_key_value_idx (species_id, meta_key, meta_value),
             KEY species_value_idx (species_id, meta_value)
 
-) COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci TYPE=MyISAM;
+) COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci ENGINE=MyISAM;