diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/Table.java b/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
index 93ac70883..99208a718 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
@@ -1057,10 +1057,34 @@ public class Table {
 
 
   public void removeColumn(int column) {
-    Object[] temp = new Object[columns.length + 1];
-    System.arraycopy(columns, 0, temp, 0, column);
-    System.arraycopy(columns, column+1, temp, column, (columns.length - column) + 1);
-    columns = temp;
+    int newCount = columns.length - 1;
+
+    Object[] columnsTemp = new Object[newCount];
+    HashMapBlows[] catTemp = new HashMapBlows[newCount];
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < column; i++) {
+      columnsTemp[i] = columns[i];
+      catTemp[i] = columnCategories[i];
+    }
+    for (int i = column; i < newCount; i++) {
+      columnsTemp[i] = columns[i+1];
+      catTemp[i] = columnCategories[i+1];
+    }
+
+    columns = columnsTemp;
+    columnCategories = catTemp;
+
+    if (columnTitles != null) {
+      String[] titlesTemp = new String[newCount];
+      for (int i = 0; i < column; i++) {
+        titlesTemp[i] = columnTitles[i];
+      }
+      for (int i = column; i < newCount; i++) {
+        titlesTemp[i] = columnTitles[i+1];
+      }
+      columnTitles = titlesTemp;
+      columnIndices = null;
+    }
   }