diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/schema.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/schema.py
index c5b428fc67..c6c81f5d40 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/schema.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/schema.py
@@ -243,15 +243,16 @@ class DatabaseSchemaEditor(BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor):
         self.create_model(new_model)
 
         # Copy data from the old table into the new table
-        self.execute(
-            "INSERT INTO %s (%s) SELECT %s FROM %s"
-            % (
-                self.quote_name(new_model._meta.db_table),
-                ", ".join(self.quote_name(x) for x in mapping),
-                ", ".join(mapping.values()),
-                self.quote_name(model._meta.db_table),
+        if mapping:
+            self.execute(
+                "INSERT INTO %s (%s) SELECT %s FROM %s"
+                % (
+                    self.quote_name(new_model._meta.db_table),
+                    ", ".join(self.quote_name(x) for x in mapping),
+                    ", ".join(mapping.values()),
+                    self.quote_name(model._meta.db_table),
+                )
             )
-        )
 
         # Delete the old table to make way for the new
         self.delete_model(model, handle_autom2m=False)
diff --git a/tests/schema/tests.py b/tests/schema/tests.py
index 33a4bc527b..c47e0956b0 100644
--- a/tests/schema/tests.py
+++ b/tests/schema/tests.py
@@ -2330,6 +2330,22 @@ class SchemaTests(TransactionTestCase):
         # Ensure the foreign key reference was updated.
         self.assertForeignKeyExists(Book, "author_id", "schema_author", "renamed")
 
+    @isolate_apps("schema")
+    def test_remove_primary_key_from_model(self):
+        class Author(Model):
+            name = CharField(max_length=255, primary_key=True)
+
+            class Meta:
+                app_label = "schema"
+
+        with connection.schema_editor() as editor:
+            editor.create_model(Author)
+        with connection.schema_editor() as editor:
+            editor.remove_field(Author, Author._meta.get_field("name"))
+
+        columns = self.column_classes(Author)
+        self.assertNotIn("name", columns)
+
     @skipIfDBFeature("interprets_empty_strings_as_nulls")
     def test_rename_keep_null_status(self):
         """