diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/col_coll.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/col_coll.go
index 021d749442..4b72d5809a 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/col_coll.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/col_coll.go
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ func ColCollsAreEqual(cc1, cc2 *ColCollection) bool {
 	}
 	// Pks Cols need to be in the same order and equivalent.
 	for i := 0; i < cc1.Size(); i++ {
-		if !cc1.cols[i].Equals(cc2.cols[i]) {
+		// Test that the columns are identical, but don't worry about tags matching, since
+		// different tags could be generated depending on how the schemas were created.
+		if !cc1.cols[i].EqualsWithoutTag(cc2.cols[i]) {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/column.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/column.go
index cc7f8971a7..3b94faad95 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/column.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/column.go
@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ func (c Column) Equals(other Column) bool {
 		ColConstraintsAreEqual(c.Constraints, other.Constraints)
 }
 
+// EqualsWithoutTag tests equality between two columns, but does not check the columns' tags.
+func (c Column) EqualsWithoutTag(other Column) bool {
+	return c.Name == other.Name &&
+		c.Kind == other.Kind &&
+		c.IsPartOfPK == other.IsPartOfPK &&
+		c.TypeInfo.Equals(other.TypeInfo) &&
+		c.Default == other.Default &&
+		ColConstraintsAreEqual(c.Constraints, other.Constraints)
+}
+
 // Compatible tests compatibility between two columns. Compatible columns have the same tag and can store the same
 // kinds of values at the storage layer, but may have different constraints or type parameters.
 func (c Column) Compatible(other Column) bool {
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/column_tags.bats b/integration-tests/bats/column_tags.bats
index 4b01445192..542f2a850b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/column_tags.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/column_tags.bats
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ DELIM
     [[ $output =~ "col1   | 6" ]] || false
 }
 
-@test "column_tags: create table on two separate branches, merge them together by updating tags" {
+@test "column_tags: create table on two separate branches, merge them together even though they have different tags" {
     skip_nbf_not_dolt
 
     dolt branch other
@@ -344,23 +344,7 @@ DELIM
     dolt sql -q "ALTER TABLE target DROP COLUMN badCol;"
     dolt commit -Am "fixup"
 
-    run dolt schema tags
-    [[ $output =~ "| target | col1   | 14690 |" ]] || false
-
     dolt checkout main
-
-    run dolt schema tags
-    [ $status -eq 0 ]
-    [[ $output =~ "| target | col1   | 14649 |" ]] || false
-
-    run dolt merge other
-    [ $status -ne 0 ]
-    [[ $output =~ "table with same name 'target' added in 2 commits can't be merged" ]] || false
-    dolt reset --hard
-
-    dolt schema update-tag target col1 14690
-    dolt commit -am "update tag of col1 of target"
-
     run dolt merge other -m "merge other into main"
     [ $status -eq 0 ]
     [[ $output =~ "1 tables changed, 1 rows added(+)" ]] || false