diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_colocation_utils.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_colocation_utils.out
index dba77faa8..e93bb9a15 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_colocation_utils.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_colocation_utils.out
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ CREATE FUNCTION find_shard_interval_index(bigint)
     RETURNS int
     AS 'citus'
     LANGUAGE C STRICT;
+-- remove tables from pg_dist_partition, if they don't exist i.e not found in pg_class
+delete from pg_dist_partition where not exists(select * from pg_class where pg_class.oid=pg_dist_partition.logicalrelid);
+select 1 from run_command_on_workers($$
+    delete from pg_dist_partition where not exists(select * from pg_class where pg_class.oid=pg_dist_partition.logicalrelid);$$);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+        1
+(2 rows)
+
 -- ===================================================================
 -- test co-location util functions
 -- ===================================================================
@@ -958,6 +968,33 @@ SELECT update_distributed_table_colocation('table1_group_none', colocate_with =>
 
 (1 row)
 
+-- sync metadata to get rid of inconsistencies in pg_dist tables
+select stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+NOTICE:  dropping metadata on the node (localhost,57637)
+ stop_metadata_sync_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+select stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+NOTICE:  dropping metadata on the node (localhost,57638)
+ stop_metadata_sync_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+select start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+ start_metadata_sync_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+select start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ start_metadata_sync_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
 -- move a table with a colocation id which is already not in pg_dist_colocation
 SELECT update_distributed_table_colocation('table1_group_none', colocate_with => 'table2_group_none');
  update_distributed_table_colocation
diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
index db9760a77..e909f8c7a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
@@ -249,10 +249,7 @@ test: multi_truncate
 # multi_colocation_utils tests utility functions written for co-location feature & internal API
 # multi_colocated_shard_transfer tests master_copy_shard_placement with colocated tables.
 # ----------
-test: check_mx
-test: turn_mx_off
 test: multi_colocation_utils
-test: turn_mx_on
 test: multi_colocated_shard_transfer
 
 # ----------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_colocation_utils.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_colocation_utils.sql
index af33835d2..33324384f 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_colocation_utils.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_colocation_utils.sql
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ CREATE FUNCTION find_shard_interval_index(bigint)
     AS 'citus'
     LANGUAGE C STRICT;
 
+-- remove tables from pg_dist_partition, if they don't exist i.e not found in pg_class
+delete from pg_dist_partition where not exists(select * from pg_class where pg_class.oid=pg_dist_partition.logicalrelid);
+select 1 from run_command_on_workers($$
+    delete from pg_dist_partition where not exists(select * from pg_class where pg_class.oid=pg_dist_partition.logicalrelid);$$);
+
 -- ===================================================================
 -- test co-location util functions
 -- ===================================================================
@@ -404,6 +409,12 @@ SELECT update_distributed_table_colocation('table1_group_none', colocate_with =>
 SELECT update_distributed_table_colocation('table1_group_none', colocate_with => 'table2_groupE');
 SELECT update_distributed_table_colocation('table1_group_none', colocate_with => 'table3_groupE');
 
+-- sync metadata to get rid of inconsistencies in pg_dist tables
+select stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+select stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+select start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+select start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+
 -- move a table with a colocation id which is already not in pg_dist_colocation
 SELECT update_distributed_table_colocation('table1_group_none', colocate_with => 'table2_group_none');