diff --git a/src/include/distributed/metadata_sync.h b/src/include/distributed/metadata_sync.h
index 77c85b791..94e62b355 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/metadata_sync.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/metadata_sync.h
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ extern void GetDependentSequencesWithRelation(Oid relationId, List **attnumList,
 											  attnum);
 extern Oid GetAttributeTypeOid(Oid relationId, AttrNumber attnum);
 
-#define DELETE_ALL_NODES "TRUNCATE pg_dist_node CASCADE"
-#define DELETE_ALL_PLACEMENTS "DELETE FROM pg_dist_placement CASCADE"
-#define DELETE_ALL_SHARDS "DELETE FROM pg_dist_shard CASCADE"
-#define DELETE_ALL_DISTRIBUTED_OBJECTS "TRUNCATE citus.pg_dist_object"
-#define DELETE_ALL_PARTITIONS "DELETE FROM pg_dist_partition CASCADE"
+#define DELETE_ALL_NODES "DELETE FROM pg_dist_node"
+#define DELETE_ALL_PLACEMENTS "DELETE FROM pg_dist_placement"
+#define DELETE_ALL_SHARDS "DELETE FROM pg_dist_shard"
+#define DELETE_ALL_DISTRIBUTED_OBJECTS "DELETE FROM citus.pg_dist_object"
+#define DELETE_ALL_PARTITIONS "DELETE FROM pg_dist_partition"
 #define REMOVE_ALL_SHELL_TABLES_COMMAND \
 	"SELECT worker_drop_shell_table(logicalrelid::regclass::text) FROM pg_dist_partition"
 #define REMOVE_ALL_CITUS_TABLES_COMMAND \