diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/versioning/r/alter.result b/mysql-test/suite/versioning/r/alter.result
index 882d15f7b88..3bb6f235056 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/versioning/r/alter.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/versioning/r/alter.result
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ show create table t;
 Table	Create Table
 t	CREATE TABLE `t` (
   `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `sys_trx_start` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START,
   `sys_trx_end` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END,
+  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (`sys_trx_start`, `sys_trx_end`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING
 alter table t add column c int;
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ show create table t;
 Table	Create Table
 t	CREATE TABLE `t` (
   `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `sys_trx_start` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START,
   `sys_trx_end` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END,
+  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (`sys_trx_start`, `sys_trx_end`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING
 alter table t add column d int first;
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ Table	Create Table
 t	CREATE TABLE `t` (
   `d` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `sys_trx_start` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START,
   `sys_trx_end` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END,
+  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (`sys_trx_start`, `sys_trx_end`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING
 alter table t add column e int after d;
@@ -112,26 +112,22 @@ t	CREATE TABLE `t` (
   `d` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `e` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `sys_trx_start` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START,
   `sys_trx_end` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END,
+  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (`sys_trx_start`, `sys_trx_end`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING
-alter table t add column f int after sys_trx_start;
-ERROR HY000: Wrong parameters for `t`: Can not put new field after system versioning field
-alter table t add column f int after sys_trx_end;
-ERROR HY000: Wrong parameters for `t`: Can not put new field after system versioning field
 alter table t drop column a;
 show create table t;
 Table	Create Table
 t	CREATE TABLE `t` (
   `d` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `e` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `sys_trx_start` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START,
   `sys_trx_end` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END,
+  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (`sys_trx_start`, `sys_trx_end`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING
 alter table t drop column sys_trx_start;
@@ -179,9 +175,9 @@ show create table t;
 Table	Create Table
 t	CREATE TABLE `t` (
   `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `sys_trx_start` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START,
   `sys_trx_end` timestamp(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END,
+  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (`sys_trx_start`, `sys_trx_end`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING
 select * from t;
@@ -339,9 +335,9 @@ show create table t;
 Table	Create Table
 t	CREATE TABLE `t` (
   `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `sys_trx_start` bigint(20) unsigned GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START,
   `sys_trx_end` bigint(20) unsigned GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END,
+  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (`sys_trx_start`, `sys_trx_end`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING
 select * from t;
@@ -366,9 +362,9 @@ show create table t;
 Table	Create Table
 t	CREATE TABLE `t` (
   `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `sys_trx_start` bigint(20) unsigned GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START,
   `sys_trx_end` bigint(20) unsigned GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END,
+  `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (`sys_trx_start`, `sys_trx_end`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING
 select * from t;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/versioning/t/alter.test b/mysql-test/suite/versioning/t/alter.test
index b6ffb41f33b..af297d2ba03 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/versioning/t/alter.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/versioning/t/alter.test
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ show create table t;
 alter table t add column e int after d;
 show create table t;
 
---error ER_VERS_WRONG_PARAMS
-alter table t add column f int after sys_trx_start;
---error ER_VERS_WRONG_PARAMS
-alter table t add column f int after sys_trx_end;
-
 alter table t drop column a;
 show create table t;
 
diff --git a/sql/handler.cc b/sql/handler.cc
index 1d21d499dde..f2e74d936fd 100644
--- a/sql/handler.cc
+++ b/sql/handler.cc
@@ -6874,31 +6874,11 @@ bool Vers_parse_info::check_and_fix_alter(THD *thd, Alter_info *alter_info,
 
     if (alter_info->create_list.elements)
     {
-      DBUG_ASSERT(share->fields > 2);
-      const char *after_this= share->field[share->fields - 3]->field_name;
-      List_iterator<Create_field> it(alter_info->create_list);
+      List_iterator_fast<Create_field> it(alter_info->create_list);
       while (Create_field *f= it++)
       {
         if (f->versioning == Column_definition::WITHOUT_VERSIONING)
           f->flags|= VERS_OPTIMIZED_UPDATE_FLAG;
-
-        if (f->change)
-          continue;
-
-        if (f->after)
-        {
-          if (is_trx_start(f->after) || is_trx_end(f->after))
-          {
-            my_error(ER_VERS_WRONG_PARAMS, MYF(0), table_name,
-                     "Can not put new field after system versioning field");
-            return true;
-          }
-
-          continue;
-        }
-
-        // TODO: ALTER_COLUMN_ORDER?
-        f->after= after_this;
       }
     }