diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b0df017..aa15761 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.0.3 h1:WKqJODfOiQG0nEJKFKzDIG3E29CN2/4zR9XGJzKIkbg=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.2.2 h1:Z/iVC0xZfWTaFNE6bA3z07T86hd45Xe2eLt6WVy2bbk=
-github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.0.0-beta.5 h1:y6dsSYVb1G5eK6mgmy+BgI3Mw35a3WghArZ/Hbebrjo=
-github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.0.0-beta.5/go.mod h1:RC764t6n4L8D8ITAJv0qdokritYSNR3wV5cVwmIEaMM=
 github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.0.0 h1:Fgrq+MbuSsJwIkw3fEj9h75vDP0Er5JzepJ0/HNHv0g=
 github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:rAKZdJldHu8084ojcWevWAL8KmEU+AT+Olodb+WoN2Y=
-github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.1.0 h1:ENn2e1+J3k09gyj2shc0dHr/yjaWSHRlrJ4DPMevDqE=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.2.0 h1:HAzS41CIzNW5syS8Mf9UwXhNH1J9aix/BvDRf1Ml2Yk=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/plan/builders.go b/plan/builders.go
index dbba96a..0352bb9 100644
--- a/plan/builders.go
+++ b/plan/builders.go
@@ -449,10 +449,6 @@ func (b *builder) VirtualTableRemap(fieldNames []string, remap []int32, values .
 	}
 
 	nfields := len(fieldNames)
-	if nfields == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: must provide at least 1 field for virtual table", substraitgo.ErrInvalidRel)
-	}
-
 	if len(values[0]) != nfields {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: mismatched number of fields (%d) and literal values (%d) in virtual table",
 			substraitgo.ErrInvalidRel, nfields, len(values[0]))
diff --git a/plan/plan_builder_test.go b/plan/plan_builder_test.go
index 92f49cb..56e132b 100644
--- a/plan/plan_builder_test.go
+++ b/plan/plan_builder_test.go
@@ -1414,6 +1414,62 @@ func TestSetRelations(t *testing.T) {
 	checkRoundTrip(t, expectedJSON, p)
 }
 
+func TestEmptyVirtualTable(t *testing.T) {
+	const expectedJSON = `{
+		` + versionStruct + `,
+		"relations": [
+			{
+				"root": {
+					"input": {
+						"read": {
+							"common": {"direct":{}},
+							"baseSchema": {
+								"struct": {
+									"nullability": "NULLABILITY_REQUIRED"
+								}
+							},
+							"virtualTable": {
+								"values": [
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{},
+									{}									
+								]
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		]
+	}`
+
+	b := plan.NewBuilderDefault()
+
+	virtual, err := b.VirtualTable(nil, make([]expr.StructLiteralValue, 20)...)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	p, err := b.Plan(virtual, []string{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	checkRoundTrip(t, expectedJSON, p)
+}
+
 func TestSetRelErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	b := plan.NewBuilderDefault()