diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 70b94bbb39..ec614a8f14 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -4929,12 +4929,7 @@ ATExecCmd(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab,
 		case AT_AddColumn:		/* ADD COLUMN */
 		case AT_AddColumnToView:	/* add column via CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW */
 			address = ATExecAddColumn(wqueue, tab, rel, &cmd,
-									  false, false,
-									  lockmode, cur_pass, context);
-			break;
-		case AT_AddColumnRecurse:
-			address = ATExecAddColumn(wqueue, tab, rel, &cmd,
-									  true, false,
+									  cmd->recurse, false,
 									  lockmode, cur_pass, context);
 			break;
 		case AT_ColumnDefault:	/* ALTER COLUMN DEFAULT */
@@ -6109,7 +6104,6 @@ alter_table_type_to_string(AlterTableType cmdtype)
 	switch (cmdtype)
 	{
 		case AT_AddColumn:
-		case AT_AddColumnRecurse:
 		case AT_AddColumnToView:
 			return "ADD COLUMN";
 		case AT_ColumnDefault:
@@ -6670,7 +6664,7 @@ ATPrepAddColumn(List **wqueue, Relation rel, bool recurse, bool recursing,
 		ATTypedTableRecursion(wqueue, rel, cmd, lockmode, context);
 
 	if (recurse && !is_view)
-		cmd->subtype = AT_AddColumnRecurse;
+		cmd->recurse = true;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
index b57253463b..b964419f8b 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
@@ -3355,7 +3355,6 @@ transformAlterTableStmt(Oid relid, AlterTableStmt *stmt,
 		switch (cmd->subtype)
 		{
 			case AT_AddColumn:
-			case AT_AddColumnRecurse:
 				{
 					ColumnDef  *def = castNode(ColumnDef, cmd->def);
 
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
index b376031856..7e0688cdbd 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
@@ -2236,7 +2236,6 @@ typedef struct AlterTableStmt
 typedef enum AlterTableType
 {
 	AT_AddColumn,				/* add column */
-	AT_AddColumnRecurse,		/* internal to commands/tablecmds.c */
 	AT_AddColumnToView,			/* implicitly via CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW */
 	AT_ColumnDefault,			/* alter column default */
 	AT_CookedColumnDefault,		/* add a pre-cooked column default */
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_ddl_deparse/test_ddl_deparse.c b/src/test/modules/test_ddl_deparse/test_ddl_deparse.c
index bdbe05ceeb..0617a09d2b 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/test_ddl_deparse/test_ddl_deparse.c
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_ddl_deparse/test_ddl_deparse.c
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ get_altertable_subcmdinfo(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 			case AT_AddColumn:
 				strtype = "ADD COLUMN";
 				break;
-			case AT_AddColumnRecurse:
-				strtype = "ADD COLUMN (and recurse)";
-				break;
 			case AT_AddColumnToView:
 				strtype = "ADD COLUMN TO VIEW";
 				break;
@@ -326,7 +323,10 @@ get_altertable_subcmdinfo(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 				break;
 		}
 
-		values[0] = CStringGetTextDatum(strtype);
+		if (subcmd->recurse)
+			values[0] = CStringGetTextDatum(psprintf("%s (and recurse)", strtype));
+		else
+			values[0] = CStringGetTextDatum(strtype);
 		if (OidIsValid(sub->address.objectId))
 		{
 			char	   *objdesc;