diff --git a/data/gadm_importer/populate_geo_and_admin_regions.sql b/data/gadm_importer/populate_geo_and_admin_regions.sql
index 8ebcbefaf..0a5724406 100644
--- a/data/gadm_importer/populate_geo_and_admin_regions.sql
+++ b/data/gadm_importer/populate_geo_and_admin_regions.sql
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS ltree;
 -- 1. Upsert from gadm to geo_region converting geometry to H3
 TRUNCATE TABLE geo_region CASCADE;
 
-\copy geo_region FROM 'geo_region.csv' WITH (FORMAT csv, HEADER, FORCE_NULL ("h3Compact", "h3Flat", "totalArea"));
+\copy geo_region FROM 'geo_region.csv' WITH (FORMAT csv, HEADER, FORCE_NULL ("h3Compact", "h3Flat"));
 
 -- 2. Insert into admin_region referencing geo_region
 BEGIN;