diff --git a/administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/mysql/4.0.0-2018-03-05.sql b/administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/mysql/4.0.0-2018-03-05.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d84f23c5c9b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/mysql/4.0.0-2018-03-05.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE `#__modules` CHANGE `content` `content` TEXT NULL;
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/postgresql/4.0.0-2018-03-05.sql b/administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/postgresql/4.0.0-2018-03-05.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dbab0bc9ecbe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/postgresql/4.0.0-2018-03-05.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE "#__modules" ALTER COLUMN "content" DROP NOT NULL;
diff --git a/installation/sql/mysql/joomla.sql b/installation/sql/mysql/joomla.sql
index 5ea362f83acc7..7a1c86e8819d7 100644
--- a/installation/sql/mysql/joomla.sql
+++ b/installation/sql/mysql/joomla.sql
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `#__modules` (
   `asset_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 COMMENT 'FK to the #__assets table.',
   `title` varchar(100) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `note` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-  `content` text NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `content` text NULL,
   `ordering` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   `position` varchar(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `checked_out` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
diff --git a/installation/sql/postgresql/joomla.sql b/installation/sql/postgresql/joomla.sql
index f232ff75f8138..9ac00bef058e6 100644
--- a/installation/sql/postgresql/joomla.sql
+++ b/installation/sql/postgresql/joomla.sql
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "#__modules" (
   "asset_id" bigint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
   "title" varchar(100) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
   "note" varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
-  "content" text DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+  "content" text,
   "ordering" bigint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
   "position" varchar(50) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
   "checked_out" integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,