diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3b385224..857532e8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18025,3 +18025,6 @@
 	* Added a 'CART_SCHED_CODES' table to the database.
 	* Removed 'SCHED_CODES' field from 'CART'
 	* Incremented the database version to 299.
+2018-11-16 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Modified the 298 => 299 schema change in rddbmgr(8) to use the
+	new method for dropping a DB field.
diff --git a/utils/rddbmgr/updateschema.cpp b/utils/rddbmgr/updateschema.cpp
index 4a77edee..dbe14b15 100644
--- a/utils/rddbmgr/updateschema.cpp
+++ b/utils/rddbmgr/updateschema.cpp
@@ -9584,9 +9584,7 @@ bool MainObject::UpdateSchema(int cur_schema,int set_schema,QString *err_msg)
       }
     }
     delete q;
-
-    q=new RDSqlQuery("alter table CART drop column SCHED_CODES",false);
-    delete q;
+    DropColumn("CART","SCHED_CODES");
 
     WriteSchemaVersion(++cur_schema);
   }