diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb
index 5ebd8a8dcba1f3222d10793846145145d1e71d52..37e4eb24a8fbfc15bbbdb1eae650aa1cd6d5aafe 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ def initialize(*)
         def extract_default
           if blob_or_text_column?
             @default = null || strict ? nil : ''
-          elsif missing_default_forged_as_empty_string?(default)
-            @default = nil
           end
         end
 
@@ -59,17 +57,6 @@ def auto_increment?
 
         private
 
-        # MySQL misreports NOT NULL column default when none is given.
-        # We can't detect this for columns which may have a legitimate ''
-        # default (string) but we can for others (integer, datetime, boolean,
-        # and the rest).
-        #
-        # Test whether the column has default '', is not null, and is not
-        # a type allowing default ''.
-        def missing_default_forged_as_empty_string?(default)
-          type != :string && !null && default == ''
-        end
-
         def assert_valid_default(default)
           if blob_or_text_column? && default.present?
             raise ArgumentError, "#{type} columns cannot have a default value: #{default.inspect}"
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/column_definition_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/column_definition_test.rb
index da0d7f5195a6bce641e3736c9a38718cc35bcaf9..783a374116f6342acb656fe48dbfee3b66f27298 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/column_definition_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/column_definition_test.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ def test_should_set_default_for_mysql_binary_data_types
           assert_equal "a", varbinary_column.default
         end
 
+        def test_should_be_empty_string_default_for_mysql_binary_data_types
+          type = SqlTypeMetadata.new(type: :binary, sql_type: "binary(1)")
+          binary_column = AbstractMysqlAdapter::Column.new("title", "", type, false)
+          assert_equal "", binary_column.default
+
+          type = SqlTypeMetadata.new(type: :binary, sql_type: "varbinary")
+          varbinary_column = AbstractMysqlAdapter::Column.new("title", "", type, false)
+          assert_equal "", varbinary_column.default
+        end
+
         def test_should_not_set_default_for_blob_and_text_data_types
           assert_raise ArgumentError do
             AbstractMysqlAdapter::Column.new("title", "a", SqlTypeMetadata.new(sql_type: "blob"))