diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 7350bb2a..11eb29aa 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ SCSS:
   - .scss
 
 SQL:
-  type: programming
+  type: data
   ace_mode: sql
   extensions:
   - .sql
diff --git a/test/test_language.rb b/test/test_language.rb
index 10c5f9a2..b84df02d 100644
--- a/test/test_language.rb
+++ b/test/test_language.rb
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class TestLanguage < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_searchable
     assert Language['Ruby'].searchable?
     assert !Language['Gettext Catalog'].searchable?
-    assert Language['SQL'].searchable?
+    assert !Language['SQL'].searchable?
   end
 
   def test_find_by_name