diff --git a/cassandra/metadata.py b/cassandra/metadata.py
index b85308449e..512aaf7265 100644
--- a/cassandra/metadata.py
+++ b/cassandra/metadata.py
@@ -2741,7 +2741,7 @@ def _build_table_columns(self, meta, col_rows, compact_static=False, is_dense=Fa
                 meta.clustering_key.append(meta.columns[r.get('column_name')])
 
         for col_row in (r for r in col_rows
-                        if r.get('kind', None) not in ('partition_key', 'clustering_key')):
+                        if r.get('kind', None) not in ('partition_key', 'clustering')):
             column_meta = self._build_column_metadata(meta, col_row)
             if is_dense and column_meta.cql_type == types.cql_empty_type:
                 continue