diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/EditData/SmoEditMetadataFactory.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/EditData/SmoEditMetadataFactory.cs
index 510d1fc64b..207a3232d9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/EditData/SmoEditMetadataFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/EditData/SmoEditMetadataFactory.cs
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ public EditTableMetadata GetObjectMetadata(DbConnection connection, string[] obj
             {
                 Column smoColumn = smoResult.Columns[i];
 
+                // Don't return columns that are dropped
+                if (smoColumn.IsDroppedLedgerColumn)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 string defaultValue = null;
                 try
                 {