diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/introspection.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/introspection.py
index b58e6a7faf..83591b7185 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/introspection.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/introspection.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class DatabaseIntrospection(BaseDatabaseIntrospection):
         relations = {}
 
         # Schema for this table
-        cursor.execute("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name = %s", [table_name])
+        cursor.execute("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name = %s AND type = %s", [table_name, "table"])
         results = cursor.fetchone()[0].strip()
         results = results[results.index('(')+1:results.rindex(')')]
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/introspection/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/introspection/tests.py
index 1454e1e3e5..394ebcb636 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/introspection/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/introspection/tests.py
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ from django.utils import functional
 
 from models import Reporter, Article
 
-try:
-    set
-except NameError:
-    from sets import Set as set     # Python 2.3 fallback
-
 #
 # The introspection module is optional, so methods tested here might raise
 # NotImplementedError. This is perfectly acceptable behavior for the backend
@@ -76,8 +71,10 @@ class IntrospectionTests(TestCase):
     def test_get_table_description_types(self):
         cursor = connection.cursor()
         desc = connection.introspection.get_table_description(cursor, Reporter._meta.db_table)
-        self.assertEqual([datatype(r[1], r) for r in desc],
-                          ['IntegerField', 'CharField', 'CharField', 'CharField'])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [datatype(r[1], r) for r in desc],
+            ['IntegerField', 'CharField', 'CharField', 'CharField']
+        )
 
     # Regression test for #9991 - 'real' types in postgres
     if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE.startswith('postgresql'):