diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index 8ff54677ef695db66012609b4e0eff1cafcaaaac..c7cbcd37d4375d54f51d6a24fcab5ec4c7fcf6c4 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.38 2000/03/20 04:02:45 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.39 2000/03/20 15:42:45 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ TypeCategory(Oid inType)
 		case (NAMEOID):
 		case (BPCHAROID):
 		case (VARCHAROID):
-	case (BYTEAOID):
 		case (TEXTOID):
 		case (LZTEXTOID):
 			result = STRING_TYPE;
@@ -551,7 +550,6 @@ PromoteLesserType(Oid inType1, Oid inType2, Oid *newType1, Oid *newType2)
 				{
 					case (BPCHAROID):
 					case (VARCHAROID):
-		    case (BYTEAOID):
 					case (TEXTOID):
 
 					case (INT2OID):
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
index 70c82b49462e882c340b4a1621ca52f49b40ebab..61ff43b3e98ac58b853a6350ad32d5ccc163d14e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c,v 1.59 2000/03/20 04:26:01 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c,v 1.60 2000/03/20 15:42:46 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -536,7 +536,6 @@ convert_to_scalar(Datum value, Oid typid,
 		}
 		case BPCHAROID:
 		case VARCHAROID:
-		case BYTEAOID:
 		case TEXTOID:
 			if (VARSIZE(DatumGetPointer(value)) > VARHDRSZ)
 			{
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h b/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
index 0549386a397a76c8ba1655cd88424de210e8f2b8..19dd42c9773cbad63f9e65741928751dfc68d317 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2000, PostgreSQL, Inc
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: parse_coerce.h,v 1.20 2000/03/20 04:02:47 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: parse_coerce.h,v 1.21 2000/03/20 15:42:47 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ typedef enum CATEGORY
 		|| ((t) == BPCHAROID) \
 		|| ((t) == VARCHAROID) \
 		|| ((t) == TEXTOID) \
-		|| ((t) == BYTEAOID) \
 		|| ((t) == INT4OID) \
 		|| ((t) == INT8OID) \
 		|| ((t) == FLOAT8OID) \
@@ -82,16 +81,10 @@ typedef enum CATEGORY
 #define IS_BINARY_COMPATIBLE(a,b) \
 		  (((a) == BPCHAROID && (b) == TEXTOID) \
 		|| ((a) == BPCHAROID && (b) == VARCHAROID) \
-		|| ((a) == BPCHAROID && (b) == BYTEAOID) \
 		|| ((a) == VARCHAROID && (b) == TEXTOID) \
 		|| ((a) == VARCHAROID && (b) == BPCHAROID) \
-		|| ((a) == VARCHAROID && (b) == BYTEAOID) \
 		|| ((a) == TEXTOID && (b) == BPCHAROID) \
 		|| ((a) == TEXTOID && (b) == VARCHAROID) \
-		|| ((a) == TEXTOID && (b) == BYTEAOID) \
- 		|| ((a) == BYTEAOID && (b) == BPCHAROID) \
-		|| ((a) == BYTEAOID && (b) == VARCHAROID) \
-		|| ((a) == BYTEAOID && (b) == TEXTOID) \
 		|| ((a) == OIDOID && (b) == INT4OID) \
 		|| ((a) == OIDOID && (b) == REGPROCOID) \
 		|| ((a) == INT4OID && (b) == OIDOID) \