diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BeanProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BeanProcessor.java
index 0f0b7ce89..2fb2116e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BeanProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BeanProcessor.java
@@ -465,9 +465,6 @@ protected int[] mapColumnsToProperties(final ResultSetMetaData rsmd,
 
         for (int col = 1; col <= cols; col++) {
             String columnName = rsmd.getColumnLabel(col);
-            if (null == columnName || 0 == columnName.length()) {
-              columnName = rsmd.getColumnName(col);
-            }
             String propertyName = columnToPropertyOverrides.get(columnName);
             if (propertyName == null) {
                 propertyName = columnName;