diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/ModelContainer.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/ModelContainer.java
index f2daca21b..d92adfb61 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/ModelContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/ModelContainer.java
@@ -184,13 +184,12 @@ public class ModelContainer {
   /**
    * Unset the withHistory flag on the associated base table.
    */
-  private void applyChange(DropHistoryTable change) {
+  protected void applyChange(DropHistoryTable change) {
 
     MTable table = tables.get(change.getBaseTable());
-    if (table == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Table [" + change.getBaseTable() + "] does not exist in model?");
+    if (table != null) {
+      table.setWithHistory(false);
     }
-    table.setWithHistory(false);
   }
 
   private void applyChange(AddUniqueConstraint change) {
@@ -241,19 +240,14 @@ public class ModelContainer {
     if (tables.containsKey(tableName)) {
       throw new IllegalStateException("Table [" + tableName + "] already exists in model?");
     }
-    MTable table = new MTable(createTable);
-    tables.put(tableName, table);
+    tables.put(tableName, new MTable(createTable));
   }
 
   /**
    * Apply a DropTable change to the model.
    */
   protected void applyChange(DropTable dropTable) {
-    String tableName = dropTable.getName();
-    if (!tables.containsKey(tableName)) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Table [" + tableName + "] does not exists in model?");
-    }
-    tables.remove(tableName);
+    tables.remove(dropTable.getName());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -264,22 +258,16 @@ public class ModelContainer {
     if (indexes.containsKey(indexName)) {
       throw new IllegalStateException("Index [" + indexName + "] already exists in model?");
     }
-    MIndex index = new MIndex(createIndex);
-    indexes.put(createIndex.getIndexName(), index);
+    indexes.put(createIndex.getIndexName(), new MIndex(createIndex));
   }
 
   /**
    * Apply a DropTable change to the model.
    */
   protected void applyChange(DropIndex dropIndex) {
-    String name = dropIndex.getIndexName();
-    if (!indexes.containsKey(name)) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Index [" + name + "] does not exist in model?");
-    }
-    indexes.remove(name);
+    indexes.remove(dropIndex.getIndexName());
   }
 
-
   /**
    * Apply a AddColumn change to the model.
    */
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/ModelContainerTest.java b/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/ModelContainerTest.java
index ae05f368b..591e7aa99 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/ModelContainerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/ModelContainerTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.model;
 
 
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.DropHistoryTable;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.DropIndex;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.DropTable;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.Migration;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migrationreader.MigrationXmlReader;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -79,6 +82,31 @@ public class ModelContainerTest {
     assertThat(container.getPendingDrops()).isEmpty();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void apply_dropTable_when_notInModel_then_ok() {
+
+    ModelContainer container = new ModelContainer();
+    container.apply(mig("5.0__dropTable.model.xml"), ver("5.0"));
+    assertThat(container.getTables()).isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void apply_drop_when_notInModel_then_ok() {
+
+    ModelContainer container = new ModelContainer();
+    DropTable dropTable = new DropTable();
+    dropTable.setName("DoesNotExist");
+    container.applyChange(dropTable);
+
+    DropIndex dropIndex = new DropIndex();
+    dropIndex.setIndexName("DoesNotExist");
+    container.applyChange(dropIndex);
+
+    DropHistoryTable dropHistoryTable = new DropHistoryTable();
+    dropHistoryTable.setBaseTable("DoesNotExist");
+    container.applyChange(dropHistoryTable);
+  }
+
   private ModelContainer container_2_1() {
     ModelContainer container = new ModelContainer();
     container.apply(mig("2.0.model.xml"), ver("2.0"));
diff --git a/src/test/resources/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/5.0__dropTable.model.xml b/src/test/resources/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/5.0__dropTable.model.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5085a7aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/model/5.0__dropTable.model.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<migration xmlns="http://ebean-orm.github.io/xml/ns/dbmigration">
+  <changeSet type="apply">
+    <dropTable name="some_table"/>
+  </changeSet>
+</migration>