diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 31a0ea4b3be9818bab0c112e5af2ef7f1bf575c1..b74fd5bf832b07b5caa6caa1aa32f1754d3f61d9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and administrators.
  -- Better initialization of node_ptr when dealing with protocol_version.
  -- Fix incorrect type when initializing header of a message.
  -- MYSQL - Fix incorrect usage of limit and union.
+ -- MYSQL - Remove 'ignore' from alter ignore when updating a table.
 
 * Changes in Slurm 15.08.10
 ===========================
diff --git a/auxdir/x_ac_databases.m4 b/auxdir/x_ac_databases.m4
index 073f4357220ef12422d763bd556f4e8c45de6c8f..0779dc9c17666fb78224159e52bd472abb8a8957 100644
--- a/auxdir/x_ac_databases.m4
+++ b/auxdir/x_ac_databases.m4
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([X_AC_DATABASES],
 	   		AC_MSG_WARN([*** mysql-$mysql_config_major_version.$mysql_config_minor_version.$mysql_config_micro_version available, we need >= mysql-5.0.0 installed for the mysql interface.])
 			ac_have_mysql="no"
 		else
-
 			# In mysql 5.7.4 we can't use the 'IGNORE' option when
 			# altering tables so deal with it then.
 			if test $mysql_config_major_version -ge 6 ||
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index edabe6eba4053f8618ccab03a54ef613c149059b..652fafe7e47072adc9b97c6406e497124e5ce1e8 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@
 /* Define to 1 if using MySQL libaries */
 #undef HAVE_MYSQL
 
+/* Define to 1 if we can't use the alter ignore when messing with a database
+ * table */
+#undef NO_ALTER_IGNORE_MYSQL
+
 /* Define to 1 for running on a Cray in native mode without ALPS */
 #undef HAVE_NATIVE_CRAY
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8c1d4a803fb3ab2ebba0414c83202bbef3cf485a..2201cc90519ce4cac7ab72151a8b99291e6b8bf2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -23240,7 +23240,6 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: *** mysql_config not found. Evidently no MySQL develo
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: *** mysql-$mysql_config_major_version.$mysql_config_minor_version.$mysql_config_micro_version available, we need >= mysql-5.0.0 installed for the mysql interface." >&2;}
 			ac_have_mysql="no"
 		else
-
 			# In mysql 5.7.4 we can't use the 'IGNORE' option when
 			# altering tables so deal with it then.
 			if test $mysql_config_major_version -ge 6 ||