diff --git a/src/sql/parser/sql_parser_mysql_mode.l b/src/sql/parser/sql_parser_mysql_mode.l
index 16a4f83aa57cadb63b7ed22c037f6b5172babfd4..0d6aec8182136e67f82850ab5e1e06290483292d 100755
--- a/src/sql/parser/sql_parser_mysql_mode.l
+++ b/src/sql/parser/sql_parser_mysql_mode.l
@@ -936,7 +936,6 @@ Timestamp{whitespace}?\"[^\"]*\" {
     }
   }
 }
-<hint>APPEND  { return APPEND; }
 <hint>NO_GATHER_OPTIMIZER_STATISTICS  { return NO_GATHER_OPTIMIZER_STATISTICS; }
 <hint>GATHER_OPTIMIZER_STATISTICS  { return GATHER_OPTIMIZER_STATISTICS; }
 <hint>LOG_LEVEL  { return LOG_LEVEL; }