2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/modules/update/update.install b/modules/update/update.install
index 00935f190..f324ce570 100644
--- a/modules/update/update.install
+++ b/modules/update/update.install
@@ -167,3 +167,10 @@ function update_update_7000() {
   $queue = DrupalQueue::get('update_fetch_tasks');
   $queue->createQueue();
 }
+
+/**
+ * Remove {cache_update}.headers columns.
+ */
+function update_update_7001() {
+  db_drop_field('cache_update', 'headers');
+}
diff --git a/modules/update/update.module b/modules/update/update.module
index 02bdabaef..1704fdfff 100644
--- a/modules/update/update.module
+++ b/modules/update/update.module
@@ -653,9 +653,6 @@ function theme_update_last_check($variables) {
 /**
  * Store data in the private update status cache table.
  *
- * Note: this function completely ignores the {cache_update}.headers field
- * since that is meaningless for the kinds of data we're caching.
- *
  * @param $cid
  *   The cache ID to save the data with.
  * @param $data
@@ -671,7 +668,6 @@ function _update_cache_set($cid, $data, $expire) {
   $fields = array(
     'created' => REQUEST_TIME,
     'expire' => $expire,
-    'headers' => NULL,
   );
   if (!is_string($data)) {
     $fields['data'] = serialize($data);