diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
index e239a8c78..e77ce2df1 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ ORDER BY shardid, nodeport;
 (0 rows)
 
 -- verify constraints have been created on the new node
-SELECT run_command_on_workers('select count(*) from pg_constraint where contype=''f'' AND conname like ''ref_table%'';');
+SELECT run_command_on_workers('select count(*) from pg_constraint where contype=''f'' AND conname similar to ''ref_table%\d'';');
  run_command_on_workers
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  (localhost,57637,t,2)
@@ -950,12 +950,6 @@ SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 (1 row)
 
 SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 1;
-SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
- start_metadata_sync_to_node
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-(1 row)
-
 SELECT master_copy_shard_placement(
            :ref_table_shard,
            'localhost', :worker_1_port,
@@ -1027,13 +1021,6 @@ WHERE ref_table.a = dist_table.a;
 
 \c - - - :master_port
 SET search_path TO replicate_reference_table;
-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)
-
 --
 -- The following case used to get stuck on create_distributed_table() instead
 -- of detecting the distributed deadlock.
diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
index 707e5fe1b..44b5f44e9 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ test: multi_read_from_secondaries
 # ----------
 # multi_citus_tools tests utility functions written for citus tools
 # ----------
-test: check_mx
-test: turn_mx_off
 test: multi_citus_tools
 
 # ----------
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ test: multi_citus_tools
 # multi_remove_node_reference_table tests metadata changes after master_remove_node
 # ----------
 test: multi_replicate_reference_table
-test: turn_mx_on
 test: multi_remove_node_reference_table
 
 # ----------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
index 497f38619..121e35c0f 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ WHERE
 ORDER BY shardid, nodeport;
 
 -- verify constraints have been created on the new node
-SELECT run_command_on_workers('select count(*) from pg_constraint where contype=''f'' AND conname like ''ref_table%'';');
+SELECT run_command_on_workers('select count(*) from pg_constraint where contype=''f'' AND conname similar to ''ref_table%\d'';');
 
 DROP TABLE ref_table_1, ref_table_2, ref_table_3;
 
@@ -591,7 +591,6 @@ SELECT 1 FROM master_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 
 SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 1;
-SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
 
 SELECT master_copy_shard_placement(
            :ref_table_shard,
@@ -637,8 +636,6 @@ WHERE ref_table.a = dist_table.a;
 
 SET search_path TO replicate_reference_table;
 
-SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
-
 --
 -- The following case used to get stuck on create_distributed_table() instead
 -- of detecting the distributed deadlock.