diff --git a/changelog.d/20028.misc b/changelog.d/20028.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad3738f00e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20028.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove broken `DROP` statements for SQLite in `make_full_schema` script.
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diff --git a/scripts-dev/make_full_schema.sh b/scripts-dev/make_full_schema.sh
index 473f54772a..196869ce8f 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/make_full_schema.sh
+++ b/scripts-dev/make_full_schema.sh
@@ -232,20 +232,10 @@ psql "$POSTGRES_MAIN_DB_NAME" -w <<< "$DROP_COMMON_TABLES"
 psql "$POSTGRES_STATE_DB_NAME" -w <<< "$DROP_COMMON_TABLES"
 
 # For Reasons(TM), SQLite's `.schema` also dumps out "shadow tables", the implementation
-# details behind full text search tables. Omit these from the dumps.
-
-sqlite3 "$SQLITE_MAIN_DB" <<< "
-DROP TABLE event_search_content;
-DROP TABLE event_search_segments;
-DROP TABLE event_search_segdir;
-DROP TABLE event_search_docsize;
-DROP TABLE event_search_stat;
-DROP TABLE user_directory_search_content;
-DROP TABLE user_directory_search_segments;
-DROP TABLE user_directory_search_segdir;
-DROP TABLE user_directory_search_docsize;
-DROP TABLE user_directory_search_stat;
-"
+# details behind full text search tables.
+# Previously we omitted these from the dumps by dropping them beforehand,
+# but nowadays it seems to be forbidden to drop those.
+# The emitted dump adds `IF NOT EXISTS` text for them, so it's harmless.
 
 echo "Dumping SQLite3 schema..."