diff --git a/debezium-connector-mysql/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/mysql/MySqlAntlrDdlParserTest.java b/debezium-connector-mysql/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/mysql/MySqlAntlrDdlParserTest.java
index e9cad7d7c..770f3b814 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-mysql/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/mysql/MySqlAntlrDdlParserTest.java
+++ b/debezium-connector-mysql/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/mysql/MySqlAntlrDdlParserTest.java
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
 import java.sql.Types;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import org.fest.assertions.Assertions;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -56,6 +58,28 @@ public void beforeEach() {
         tables = new Tables();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @FixFor("DBZ-1560")
+    public void shouldDropPrimaryKeyColumn() {
+        String ddl = "CREATE TABLE mytable (id INT PRIMARY KEY, id2 INT, val INT)";
+        parser.parse(ddl, tables);
+        assertThat(((MySqlAntlrDdlParser) parser).getParsingExceptionsFromWalker().size()).isEqualTo(0);
+        assertThat(tables.size()).isEqualTo(1);
+
+        Table table = tables.forTable(null, null, "mytable");
+        Assertions.assertThat(table.primaryKeyColumnNames()).isEqualTo(Collections.singletonList("id"));
+
+        parser.parse("ALTER TABLE mytable DROP COLUMN id", tables);
+        table = tables.forTable(null, null, "mytable");
+        Assertions.assertThat(table.primaryKeyColumnNames()).isEmpty();
+        Assertions.assertThat(table.primaryKeyColumns()).isEmpty();
+
+        parser.parse("ALTER TABLE mytable ADD PRIMARY KEY(id2)", tables);
+        table = tables.forTable(null, null, "mytable");
+        Assertions.assertThat(table.primaryKeyColumnNames()).isEqualTo(Collections.singletonList("id2"));
+        Assertions.assertThat(table.primaryKeyColumns()).hasSize(1);
+    }
+
     @Test
     @FixFor("DBZ-1397")
     public void shouldSupportBinaryCharset() {
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/relational/TableEditorImpl.java b/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/relational/TableEditorImpl.java
index 8e168e2e4..b753b3c54 100644
--- a/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/relational/TableEditorImpl.java
+++ b/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/relational/TableEditorImpl.java
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ public TableEditor removeColumn(String columnName) {
             updatePositions();
         }
         assert positionsAreValid();
+        pkColumnNames.remove(columnName);
         return this;
     }