diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 3b0524b217..45ed523b71 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Duplicate the buffer before passing it to analyser in SASI operation (CASSANDRA-13512)
  * Properly evict pstmts from prepared statements cache (CASSANDRA-13641)
 Merged from 3.0:
+ * Drop table should remove corresponding entries in dropped_columns table (CASSANDRA-13730)
  * Log warn message until legacy auth tables have been migrated (CASSANDRA-13371)
  * Fix incorrect [2.1 <- 3.0] serialization of counter cells created in 2.0 (CASSANDRA-13691)
  * Fix invalid writetime for null cells (CASSANDRA-13711)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/schema/SchemaKeyspace.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/schema/SchemaKeyspace.java
index 03c393fc46..1f8d2fcc18 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/schema/SchemaKeyspace.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/schema/SchemaKeyspace.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import org.apache.cassandra.config.*;
+import org.apache.cassandra.config.CFMetaData.DroppedColumn;
 import org.apache.cassandra.config.ColumnDefinition.ClusteringOrder;
 import org.apache.cassandra.cql3.*;
 import org.apache.cassandra.cql3.functions.*;
@@ -656,6 +657,9 @@ public final class SchemaKeyspace
         for (ColumnDefinition column : table.allColumns())
             dropColumnFromSchemaMutation(table, column, builder);
 
+        for (CFMetaData.DroppedColumn column : table.getDroppedColumns().values())
+            dropDroppedColumnFromSchemaMutation(table, column, timestamp, builder);
+
         for (TriggerMetadata trigger : table.getTriggers())
             dropTriggerFromSchemaMutation(table, trigger, builder);
 
@@ -694,6 +698,11 @@ public final class SchemaKeyspace
                .add("type", expandUserTypes(column.type).asCQL3Type().toString());
     }
 
+    private static void dropDroppedColumnFromSchemaMutation(CFMetaData table, DroppedColumn column, long timestamp, Mutation.SimpleBuilder builder)
+    {
+        builder.update(DroppedColumns).row(table.cfName, column.name).delete();
+    }
+
     private static void addTriggerToSchemaMutation(CFMetaData table, TriggerMetadata trigger, Mutation.SimpleBuilder builder)
     {
         builder.update(Triggers)
diff --git a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/validation/operations/DropTest.java b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/validation/operations/DropTest.java
index e5c70897be..692eb45fb9 100644
--- a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/validation/operations/DropTest.java
+++ b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/validation/operations/DropTest.java
@@ -34,4 +34,17 @@ public class DropTest extends CQLTester
         execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS keyspace_does_not_exist.table_does_not_exist");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDropTableWithDroppedColumns() throws Throwable
+    {
+        // CASSANDRA-13730: entry should be removed from dropped_columns table when table is dropped
+        String cf = createTable("CREATE TABLE %s (k1 int, c1 int , v1 int, v2 int, PRIMARY KEY (k1, c1))");
+
+        execute("ALTER TABLE %s DROP v2");
+        execute("DROP TABLE %s");
+
+        assertRowsIgnoringOrder(execute("select * from system_schema.dropped_columns where keyspace_name = '"
+                + keyspace()
+                + "' and table_name = '" + cf + "'"));
+    }
 }