diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/upgrade.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/upgrade.py
index 21988c267..7752c7e33 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/upgrade.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/upgrade.py
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ def upgrade_1(session, metadata, tables):
     """
     Table(u'media_files_songs', metadata, autoload=True).drop(checkfirst=True)
     Column(u'song_id', types.Integer(), default=None)\
-        .create(table=tables[u'media_files'], populate_default=True)
+        .create(table=tables[u'media_files'])
     Column(u'weight', types.Integer(), default=0)\
-        .create(table=tables[u'media_files'], populate_default=True)
+        .create(table=tables[u'media_files'])
     if metadata.bind.url.get_dialect().name != 'sqlite':
         # SQLite doesn't support ALTER TABLE ADD CONSTRAINT
         ForeignKeyConstraint([u'song_id'], [u'songs.id'],
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def upgrade_2(session, metadata, tables):
     This upgrade adds a create_date and last_modified date to the songs table
     """
     Column(u'create_date', types.DateTime(), default=func.now())\
-        .create(table=tables[u'songs'], populate_default=True)
+        .create(table=tables[u'songs'])
     Column(u'last_modified', types.DateTime(), default=func.now())\
-        .create(table=tables[u'songs'], populate_default=True)
+        .create(table=tables[u'songs'])
+