diff --git a/pkg/database/migrate/sqlite.go b/pkg/database/migrate/sqlite.go
index cbd8c7767..2cec5a026 100644
--- a/pkg/database/migrate/sqlite.go
+++ b/pkg/database/migrate/sqlite.go
@@ -87,13 +87,25 @@ func (s *SQLiteDriver) DropColumns(tableName string, columnsToDrop []string) (sq
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var indices []string
+	var oldIdxColumns [][]string
 	for _, idx := range oldSQLIndices {
+		idxCols, err := fetchColumns(idx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		oldIdxColumns = append(oldIdxColumns, idxCols)
+	}
+
+	var indices []string
+	for k, idx := range oldSQLIndices {
 		listed := false
-		for _, cols := range columnsToDrop {
-			if strings.Contains(idx, cols) {
-				listed = true
-				break
+	OIdxLoop:
+		for _, oidx := range oldIdxColumns[k] {
+			for _, cols := range columnsToDrop {
+				if oidx == cols {
+					listed = true
+					break OIdxLoop
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		if !listed {
@@ -173,15 +185,27 @@ func (s *SQLiteDriver) RenameColumns(tableName string, columnChanges map[string]
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var indices []string
+	var idxColumns [][]string
 	for _, idx := range oldSQLIndices {
+		idxCols, err := fetchColumns(idx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		idxColumns = append(idxColumns, idxCols)
+	}
+
+	var indices []string
+	for k, idx := range oldSQLIndices {
 		added := false
-		for Old, New := range columnChanges {
-			if strings.Contains(idx, Old) {
-				indx := strings.Replace(idx, Old, New, 2)
-				indices = append(indices, indx)
-				added = true
-				break
+	IdcLoop:
+		for _, oldIdx := range idxColumns[k] {
+			for Old, New := range columnChanges {
+				if oldIdx == Old {
+					indx := strings.Replace(idx, Old, New, 2)
+					indices = append(indices, indx)
+					added = true
+					break IdcLoop
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		if !added {
diff --git a/pkg/database/migrate/sqlite_test.go b/pkg/database/migrate/sqlite_test.go
index 651ecbbcc..c26d5b9bf 100644
--- a/pkg/database/migrate/sqlite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/database/migrate/sqlite_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package migrate
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/russross/meddler"
@@ -184,6 +185,51 @@ func (r *revision7) Revision() int64 {
 
 // ---------- end of revision 7
 
+// ---------- revision 8
+type revision8 struct{}
+
+func (r *revision8) Up(op Operation) error {
+	if _, err := op.AddColumn("samples", "repo_id INTEGER"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err := op.AddColumn("samples", "repo VARCHAR(255)")
+	return err
+}
+
+func (r *revision8) Down(op Operation) error {
+	_, err := op.DropColumns("samples", []string{"repo", "repo_id"})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (r *revision8) Revision() int64 {
+	return 8
+}
+
+// ---------- end of revision 8
+
+// ---------- revision 9
+type revision9 struct{}
+
+func (r *revision9) Up(op Operation) error {
+	_, err := op.RenameColumns("samples", map[string]string{
+		"repo": "repository",
+	})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (r *revision9) Down(op Operation) error {
+	_, err := op.RenameColumns("samples", map[string]string{
+		"repository": "repo",
+	})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (r *revision9) Revision() int64 {
+	return 9
+}
+
+// ---------- end of revision 9
+
 var db *sql.DB
 
 var testSchema = `
@@ -430,6 +476,30 @@ func TestIndexOperations(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestColumnRedundancy(t *testing.T) {
+	defer tearDown()
+	if err := setUp(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error preparing database: %q", err)
+	}
+
+	Driver = SQLite
+
+	migr := New(db)
+	if err := migr.Add(&revision1{}, &revision8{}, &revision9{}).Migrate(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Can not migrate: %q", err)
+	}
+
+	var tableSql string
+	query := `SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master where type='table' and name='samples'`
+	if err := db.QueryRow(query).Scan(&tableSql); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Can not query sqlite_master: %q", err)
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(tableSql, "repository ") {
+		t.Errorf("Expect column with name repository")
+	}
+}
+
 func setUp() error {
 	var err error
 	db, err = sql.Open("sqlite3", "migration_tests.sqlite")