diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/type/converter/ElementCollectionTests.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/type/converter/ElementCollectionTests.java
index 9109b1d04a..895de889b6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/type/converter/ElementCollectionTests.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/type/converter/ElementCollectionTests.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public class ElementCollectionTests extends BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase
 		})
 		@ElementCollection(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
 		@CollectionTable(name = "entity_map", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "entity_id", nullable = false))
-		@MapKeyColumn(name = "`key`", nullable = false)
+		@MapKeyColumn(name = "key", nullable = false)
 		@Column(name = "value", nullable = false)
 		public Map<ValueType, ValueType> map = new HashMap<ValueType, ValueType>();