diff --git a/lisa/trace.py b/lisa/trace.py
index 3bfdbe340ba825418e74dea9199199613ae572f0..d19e8a6194ab77feb8d9735e632cfb5812525427 100644
--- a/lisa/trace.py
+++ b/lisa/trace.py
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ class TraceDumpTraceParser(TraceParserBase):
             pl.col('Time').cast(pl.Duration("ns")),
             pl.col('__pid').replace_strict(pid_comms, default=None).alias('__comm')
         ])
-        df = df.drop('common_type', 'common_flags', 'common_preempt_count')
+        df = df.drop(('common_type', 'common_flags', 'common_preempt_count'), strict=False)
 
         monotonic_clocks = (
             'local',
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ class TxtTraceParserBase(TraceParserBase):
             # We only needed the fields to infer the descriptors, so let's drop
             # them to lower peak memory usage
             with contextlib.suppress(KeyError):
-                self._skeleton_df = self._skeleton_df.drop(['__fields'])
+                self._skeleton_df = self._skeleton_df.drop(['__fields'], strict=False)
 
             event_parsers = {
                 **{