diff --git a/database.go b/database.go
index 684ccaf..a5c562f 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ func (db *datastore) UpdateCollection(c *SubmittedCollection, alias string) erro
 	return nil
 }
 
-const postCols = "id, slug, text_appearance, language, rtl, privacy, owner_id, collection_id, pinned_position, created, updated, view_count, title, content"
+const postCols = "id, slug, text_appearance, language, rtl, owner_id, collection_id, pinned_position, created, updated, view_count, title, content"
 
 // getEditablePost returns a PublicPost with the given ID only if the given
 // edit token is valid for the post.
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ func (db *datastore) GetEditablePost(id, editToken string) (*PublicPost, error)
 	p := &Post{}
 
 	row := db.QueryRow("SELECT "+postCols+", (SELECT username FROM users WHERE users.id = posts.owner_id) AS username FROM posts WHERE id = ? LIMIT 1", id)
-	err := row.Scan(&p.ID, &p.Slug, &p.Font, &p.Language, &p.RTL, &p.Privacy, &p.OwnerID, &p.CollectionID, &p.PinnedPosition, &p.Created, &p.Updated, &p.ViewCount, &p.Title, &p.Content, &ownerName)
+	err := row.Scan(&p.ID, &p.Slug, &p.Font, &p.Language, &p.RTL, &p.OwnerID, &p.CollectionID, &p.PinnedPosition, &p.Created, &p.Updated, &p.ViewCount, &p.Title, &p.Content, &ownerName)
 	switch {
 	case err == sql.ErrNoRows:
 		return nil, ErrPostNotFound
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ func (db *datastore) GetPost(id string, collectionID int64) (*PublicPost, error)
 		where = "id = ?"
 	}
 	row = db.QueryRow("SELECT "+postCols+", (SELECT username FROM users WHERE users.id = posts.owner_id) AS username FROM posts WHERE "+where+" LIMIT 1", params...)
-	err := row.Scan(&p.ID, &p.Slug, &p.Font, &p.Language, &p.RTL, &p.Privacy, &p.OwnerID, &p.CollectionID, &p.PinnedPosition, &p.Created, &p.Updated, &p.ViewCount, &p.Title, &p.Content, &ownerName)
+	err := row.Scan(&p.ID, &p.Slug, &p.Font, &p.Language, &p.RTL, &p.OwnerID, &p.CollectionID, &p.PinnedPosition, &p.Created, &p.Updated, &p.ViewCount, &p.Title, &p.Content, &ownerName)
 	switch {
 	case err == sql.ErrNoRows:
 		if collectionID > 0 {
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ func (db *datastore) GetOwnedPost(id string, ownerID int64) (*PublicPost, error)
 	where := "id = ? AND owner_id = ?"
 	params := []interface{}{id, ownerID}
 	row = db.QueryRow("SELECT "+postCols+" FROM posts WHERE "+where+" LIMIT 1", params...)
-	err := row.Scan(&p.ID, &p.Slug, &p.Font, &p.Language, &p.RTL, &p.Privacy, &p.OwnerID, &p.CollectionID, &p.PinnedPosition, &p.Created, &p.Updated, &p.ViewCount, &p.Title, &p.Content)
+	err := row.Scan(&p.ID, &p.Slug, &p.Font, &p.Language, &p.RTL, &p.OwnerID, &p.CollectionID, &p.PinnedPosition, &p.Created, &p.Updated, &p.ViewCount, &p.Title, &p.Content)
 	switch {
 	case err == sql.ErrNoRows:
 		return nil, ErrPostNotFound
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ func (db *datastore) GetPosts(c *Collection, page int, includeFuture bool) (*[]P
 	posts := []PublicPost{}
 	for rows.Next() {
 		p := &Post{}
-		err = rows.Scan(&p.ID, &p.Slug, &p.Font, &p.Language, &p.RTL, &p.Privacy, &p.OwnerID, &p.CollectionID, &p.PinnedPosition, &p.Created, &p.Updated, &p.ViewCount, &p.Title, &p.Content)
+		err = rows.Scan(&p.ID, &p.Slug, &p.Font, &p.Language, &p.RTL, &p.OwnerID, &p.CollectionID, &p.PinnedPosition, &p.Created, &p.Updated, &p.ViewCount, &p.Title, &p.Content)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Failed scanning row: %v", err)
 			break
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ func (db *datastore) GetPostsTagged(c *Collection, tag string, page int, include
 	posts := []PublicPost{}
 	for rows.Next() {
 		p := &Post{}
-		err = rows.Scan(&p.ID, &p.Slug, &p.Font, &p.Language, &p.RTL, &p.Privacy, &p.OwnerID, &p.CollectionID, &p.PinnedPosition, &p.Created, &p.Updated, &p.ViewCount, &p.Title, &p.Content)
+		err = rows.Scan(&p.ID, &p.Slug, &p.Font, &p.Language, &p.RTL, &p.OwnerID, &p.CollectionID, &p.PinnedPosition, &p.Created, &p.Updated, &p.ViewCount, &p.Title, &p.Content)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Failed scanning row: %v", err)
 			break
diff --git a/posts.go b/posts.go
index 75e5897..e14ecb6 100644
--- a/posts.go
+++ b/posts.go
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ type (
 		Font           string        `db:"text_appearance" json:"appearance"`
 		Language       zero.String   `db:"language" json:"language"`
 		RTL            zero.Bool     `db:"rtl" json:"rtl"`
-		Privacy        int64         `db:"privacy" json:"-"`
 		OwnerID        null.Int      `db:"owner_id" json:"-"`
 		CollectionID   null.Int      `db:"collection_id" json:"-"`
 		PinnedPosition null.Int      `db:"pinned_position" json:"-"`
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index f695d37..5392bb5 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts` (
   `text_appearance` char(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'norm',
   `language` char(2) DEFAULT NULL,
   `rtl` tinyint(1) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `privacy` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
   `owner_id` int(6) DEFAULT NULL,
   `collection_id` int(6) DEFAULT NULL,
   `pinned_position` tinyint(1) DEFAULT NULL,
@@ -114,8 +113,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts` (
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   CONSTRAINT `id_slug` UNIQUE (`collection_id`,`slug`),
   CONSTRAINT `owner_id` UNIQUE (`owner_id`,`id`)
--- FIXME: this is KEY `privacy_id` (`privacy`,`id`) in mysql
---  CONSTRAINT `privacy_id` (`privacy`,`id`)
 );
 
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