diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
index be3381d43..cbe1b6526 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
@@ -404,14 +404,6 @@ ShouldSyncTableMetadata(Oid relationId)
 	bool citusTableWithNoDistKey =
 		IsCitusTableTypeCacheEntry(tableEntry, CITUS_TABLE_WITH_NO_DIST_KEY);
 
-	/*
-	 * We shouldn't sync metadata for distributed tables created with master_create_distributed_table
-	 */
-	if (hashDistributed && tableEntry->colocationId == INVALID_COLOCATION_ID)
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	return ShouldSyncTableMetadataInternal(hashDistributed, citusTableWithNoDistKey);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/input/multi_copy.source b/src/test/regress/input/multi_copy.source
index b40cdd2d5..fe9fee121 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/input/multi_copy.source
+++ b/src/test/regress/input/multi_copy.source
@@ -497,6 +497,8 @@ SELECT shardid, nodename, nodeport
 	WHERE logicalrelid = 'numbers_append'::regclass order by placementid;
 
 -- add the node back
+set citus.log_remote_commands to true;
+set citus.worker_min_messages to debug4;
 SELECT 1 FROM master_activate_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
 RESET client_min_messages;
 RESET citus.shard_replication_factor;