diff --git a/src/tap/db/JDBCConnection.java b/src/tap/db/JDBCConnection.java
index fb27df9db831c5279fd1dcc47f89bc36a2f71a62..15cda977d4883b39afb12c6342876ba074a6dcc2 100644
--- a/src/tap/db/JDBCConnection.java
+++ b/src/tap/db/JDBCConnection.java
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ public class JDBCConnection implements DBConnection {
 			}
 			sqlBuf.append(" FROM ").append(translator.getTableName(tableDef, supportsSchema));
 			if (hasSchemaIndex)
-				sqlBuf.append(" ORDER BY 1,4,2");
+				sqlBuf.append(" ORDER BY 4");
 			else
 				sqlBuf.append(" ORDER BY 1");