diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_finish_pg_upgrade/latest.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_finish_pg_upgrade/latest.sql
index 2c2635687..ed720461b 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_finish_pg_upgrade/latest.sql
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_finish_pg_upgrade/latest.sql
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ BEGIN
     FROM pg_catalog.pg_dist_partition p;
 
     -- set dependencies for columnar table access method
-    PERFORM citus_internal.columnar_ensure_am_depends_catalog();
+    -- PERFORM citus_internal.columnar_ensure_am_depends_catalog();
 
     -- restore pg_dist_object from the stable identifiers
     TRUNCATE pg_catalog.pg_dist_object;