diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_testlib.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_testlib.erl
index 118802551..df4560e6e 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_testlib.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_testlib.erl
@@ -184,6 +184,15 @@ update_bridge_api(Config, Overrides) ->
     ct:pal("bridge update result: ~p", [Res]),
     Res.
 
+delete_bridge_http_api_v1(Opts) ->
+    #{type := Type, name := Name} = Opts,
+    BridgeId = emqx_bridge_resource:bridge_id(Type, Name),
+    Path = emqx_mgmt_api_test_util:api_path(["bridges", BridgeId]),
+    ct:pal("deleting bridge (http v1)"),
+    Res = emqx_bridge_v2_testlib:request(delete, Path, _Params = []),
+    ct:pal("bridge delete (http v1) result:\n  ~p", [Res]),
+    Res.
+
 op_bridge_api(Op, BridgeType, BridgeName) ->
     BridgeId = emqx_bridge_resource:bridge_id(BridgeType, BridgeName),
     Path = emqx_mgmt_api_test_util:api_path(["bridges", BridgeId, Op]),
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_mysql/test/emqx_bridge_mysql_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_mysql/test/emqx_bridge_mysql_SUITE.erl
index 8318617eb..468138c2f 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_mysql/test/emqx_bridge_mysql_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_mysql/test/emqx_bridge_mysql_SUITE.erl
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ groups() ->
         t_write_timeout,
         t_uninitialized_prepared_statement,
         t_non_batch_update_is_allowed,
+        t_delete_with_undefined_field_in_sql,
         t_undefined_field_in_sql
     ],
     OnlyBatchCases = [
@@ -989,3 +990,30 @@ t_undefined_field_in_sql(Config) ->
         []
     ),
     ok.
+
+t_delete_with_undefined_field_in_sql(Config) ->
+    ?check_trace(
+        begin
+            Name = ?config(bridge_name, Config),
+            Type = ?config(bridge_type, Config),
+            Overrides = #{
+                <<"sql">> =>
+                    <<
+                        "INSERT INTO mqtt_test(wrong_column, arrived) "
+                        "VALUES (${payload}, FROM_UNIXTIME(${timestamp}/1000))"
+                    >>
+            },
+            ?assertMatch(
+                {ok, {{_, 201, _}, _, #{<<"status">> := Status}}} when
+                    Status =:= <<"connecting">> orelse Status =:= <<"disconnected">>,
+                emqx_bridge_testlib:create_bridge_api(Config, Overrides)
+            ),
+            ?assertMatch(
+                {ok, {{_, 204, _}, _, _}},
+                emqx_bridge_testlib:delete_bridge_http_api_v1(#{type => Type, name => Name})
+            ),
+            ok
+        end,
+        []
+    ),
+    ok.
diff --git a/changes/ee/fix-12281.en.md b/changes/ee/fix-12281.en.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a2ad915c5..000000000
--- a/changes/ee/fix-12281.en.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improved HTTP API error message when the creation of a MySQL bridge fails.
diff --git a/changes/ee/fix-12282.en.md b/changes/ee/fix-12282.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34518592b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ee/fix-12282.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Improved HTTP API error message when the creation of a MySQL bridge fails.
+
+Fixed an issue that prevented removing a MySQL bridge when its SQL contained undefined columns.