diff --git a/pg4wp/rewriters/CreateTableSQLRewriter.php b/pg4wp/rewriters/CreateTableSQLRewriter.php
index 3f23cc1..6120ca7 100644
--- a/pg4wp/rewriters/CreateTableSQLRewriter.php
+++ b/pg4wp/rewriters/CreateTableSQLRewriter.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class CreateTableSQLRewriter extends AbstractSQLRewriter
         ' COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci'	=> '',
         ' COLLATE utf8_general_ci'	=> '',
         ' CHARACTER SET utf8' => '',
+        ' DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8' => '',
 
         // For flash-album-gallery plugin
         ' tinyint'		=> ' smallint'
@@ -46,7 +47,12 @@ class CreateTableSQLRewriter extends AbstractSQLRewriter
         $table = $matches[1];
 
         // Remove trailing spaces
-        $sql = trim($sql) . ';';
+        $sql = trim($sql);
+
+        // Add a slash if needed
+        if (substr($sql,strlen($sql)-1, 1) != ";") {
+            $sql = $sql . ";";
+        }
 
         // Translate types and some other replacements
         $sql = str_ireplace(
diff --git a/tests/rewriteTest.php b/tests/rewriteTest.php
index d71f75a..18bd6e4 100644
--- a/tests/rewriteTest.php
+++ b/tests/rewriteTest.php
@@ -280,6 +280,32 @@ final class rewriteTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame(trim($expected), trim($postgresql));
     }
 
+    
+    public function test_it_removes_table_charsets()
+    {
+        $sql = <<<SQL
+            CREATE TABLE `wp_yoast_migrations` (
+                `id` int(11) UNSIGNED auto_increment NOT NULL,
+                `version` varchar(191),
+                PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+            ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+        SQL;
+
+        $expected = <<<SQL
+            CREATE TABLE wp_yoast_migrations (
+                id serial NOT NULL,
+                version varchar(191),
+                PRIMARY KEY (id)
+            );
+        SQL;
+
+        $postgresql = pg4wp_rewrite($sql);
+        $this->assertSame(trim($expected), trim($postgresql));
+    }
+
+
+    
+
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
         global $wpdb;