diff --git a/coordinator/statement_executor.go b/coordinator/statement_executor.go
index a5ec146c95..a2c534fd36 100644
--- a/coordinator/statement_executor.go
+++ b/coordinator/statement_executor.go
@@ -1090,7 +1090,13 @@ func (e *StatementExecutor) NormalizeStatement(stmt influxql.Statement, defaultD
 				node.Database = defaultDatabase
 			}
 		case *influxql.Measurement:
-			err = e.normalizeMeasurement(node, defaultDatabase)
+			switch stmt.(type) {
+			case *influxql.DropSeriesStatement, *influxql.DeleteSeriesStatement:
+			// DB and RP not supported by these statements so don't rewrite into invalid
+			// statements
+			default:
+				err = e.normalizeMeasurement(node, defaultDatabase)
+			}
 		}
 	})
 	return
diff --git a/coordinator/statement_executor_test.go b/coordinator/statement_executor_test.go
index 67f42cbda6..824abac256 100644
--- a/coordinator/statement_executor_test.go
+++ b/coordinator/statement_executor_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/coordinator"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/influxql"
+	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/models"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/services/meta"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/tsdb"
@@ -107,6 +108,72 @@ func TestQueryExecutor_ExecuteQuery_MaxSelectBucketsN(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestStatementExecutor_NormalizeDropSeries(t *testing.T) {
+	q, err := influxql.ParseQuery("DROP SERIES FROM cpu")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error parsing query: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	stmt := q.Statements[0].(*influxql.DropSeriesStatement)
+
+	s := &coordinator.StatementExecutor{
+		MetaClient: &internal.MetaClientMock{
+			DatabaseFn: func(name string) *meta.DatabaseInfo {
+				t.Fatal("meta client should not be called")
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if err := s.NormalizeStatement(stmt, "foo"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error normalizing statement: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	m := stmt.Sources[0].(*influxql.Measurement)
+	if m.Database != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("database rewritten when not supposed to: %v", m.Database)
+	}
+	if m.RetentionPolicy != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("database rewritten when not supposed to: %v", m.RetentionPolicy)
+	}
+
+	if exp, got := "DROP SERIES FROM cpu", q.String(); exp != got {
+		t.Fatalf("generated query does match parsed: exp %v, got %v", exp, got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStatementExecutor_NormalizeDeleteSeries(t *testing.T) {
+	q, err := influxql.ParseQuery("DELETE FROM cpu")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error parsing query: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	stmt := q.Statements[0].(*influxql.DeleteSeriesStatement)
+
+	s := &coordinator.StatementExecutor{
+		MetaClient: &internal.MetaClientMock{
+			DatabaseFn: func(name string) *meta.DatabaseInfo {
+				t.Fatal("meta client should not be called")
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if err := s.NormalizeStatement(stmt, "foo"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error normalizing statement: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	m := stmt.Sources[0].(*influxql.Measurement)
+	if m.Database != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("database rewritten when not supposed to: %v", m.Database)
+	}
+	if m.RetentionPolicy != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("database rewritten when not supposed to: %v", m.RetentionPolicy)
+	}
+
+	if exp, got := "DELETE FROM cpu", q.String(); exp != got {
+		t.Fatalf("generated query does match parsed: exp %v, got %v", exp, got)
+	}
+}
+
 // QueryExecutor is a test wrapper for coordinator.QueryExecutor.
 type QueryExecutor struct {
 	*influxql.QueryExecutor
diff --git a/internal/meta_client.go b/internal/meta_client.go
index d5844a9c53..f24361cb27 100644
--- a/internal/meta_client.go
+++ b/internal/meta_client.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type MetaClientMock struct {
 	CreateUserFn                        func(name, password string, admin bool) (*meta.UserInfo, error)
 
 	DatabaseFn  func(name string) *meta.DatabaseInfo
-	DatabasesFn func() ([]meta.DatabaseInfo, error)
+	DatabasesFn func() []meta.DatabaseInfo
 
 	DataFn                func() meta.Data
 	DeleteShardGroupFn    func(database string, policy string, id uint64) error
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (c *MetaClientMock) Database(name string) *meta.DatabaseInfo {
 	return c.DatabaseFn(name)
 }
 
-func (c *MetaClientMock) Databases() ([]meta.DatabaseInfo, error) {
+func (c *MetaClientMock) Databases() []meta.DatabaseInfo {
 	return c.DatabasesFn()
 }