diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/mysql/types/str.rs b/sqlx-core/src/mysql/types/str.rs
index 17a6464e..d3ce31cb 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/mysql/types/str.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/mysql/types/str.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ use crate::types::Type;
 impl Type<MySql> for str {
     fn type_info() -> MySqlTypeInfo {
         MySqlTypeInfo {
-            r#type: ColumnType::Blob, // TEXT
-            char_set: 224,            // utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+            r#type: ColumnType::VarString, // VARCHAR
+            char_set: 224,                 // utf8mb4_unicode_ci
             flags: ColumnFlags::empty(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/mysql/describe.rs b/tests/mysql/describe.rs
index 47796ef1..5176cf8b 100644
--- a/tests/mysql/describe.rs
+++ b/tests/mysql/describe.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-use futures::TryStreamExt;
-use sqlx::mysql::{MySql, MySqlRow};
-use sqlx::{Connection, Executor, Row};
+use sqlx::mysql::MySql;
+use sqlx::Executor;
 use sqlx_core::describe::Column;
 use sqlx_test::new;