Index: src/trigger.c
==================================================================
--- src/trigger.c
+++ src/trigger.c
@@ -557,35 +557,16 @@
 
   /* Generate code to destroy the database record of the trigger.
   */
   assert( pTable!=0 );
   if( (v = sqlite3GetVdbe(pParse))!=0 ){
-    int base;
-    static const int iLn = VDBE_OFFSET_LINENO(2);
-    static const VdbeOpList dropTrigger[] = {
-      { OP_Rewind,     0, ADDR(9),  0},
-      { OP_String8,    0, 1,        0}, /* 1 */
-      { OP_Column,     0, 1,        2},
-      { OP_Ne,         2, ADDR(8),  1},
-      { OP_String8,    0, 1,        0}, /* 4: "trigger" */
-      { OP_Column,     0, 0,        2},
-      { OP_Ne,         2, ADDR(8),  1},
-      { OP_Delete,     0, 0,        0},
-      { OP_Next,       0, ADDR(1),  0}, /* 8 */
-    };
-
-    sqlite3BeginWriteOperation(pParse, 0, iDb);
-    sqlite3OpenMasterTable(pParse, iDb);
-    base = sqlite3VdbeAddOpList(v,  ArraySize(dropTrigger), dropTrigger, iLn);
-    sqlite3VdbeChangeP4(v, base+1, pTrigger->zName, P4_TRANSIENT);
-    sqlite3VdbeChangeP4(v, base+4, "trigger", P4_STATIC);
+    sqlite3NestedParse(pParse,
+       "DELETE FROM %Q.%s WHERE name=%Q AND type='trigger'",
+       db->aDb[iDb].zName, SCHEMA_TABLE(iDb), pTrigger->zName
+    );
     sqlite3ChangeCookie(pParse, iDb);
-    sqlite3VdbeAddOp2(v, OP_Close, 0, 0);
     sqlite3VdbeAddOp4(v, OP_DropTrigger, iDb, 0, 0, pTrigger->zName, 0);
-    if( pParse->nMem<3 ){
-      pParse->nMem = 3;
-    }
   }
 }
 
 /*
 ** Remove a trigger from the hash tables of the sqlite* pointer.