diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/citus--5.1-8--5.2-1.sql b/src/backend/distributed/citus--5.1-8--5.2-1.sql
index 1ba74f2ed..0488a2b13 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/citus--5.1-8--5.2-1.sql
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/citus--5.1-8--5.2-1.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-/* citus--5.1-8--5.2-1.sql */
+/* citus--5.2-1--5.3-0.sql */
+
+ALTER TABLE pg_catalog.pg_dist_shard
+DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS shardalias;
 
-/* empty, but required to update the extension version */
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/citus--5.2-1--5.3-0.sql b/src/backend/distributed/citus--5.2-1--5.3-0.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 0488a2b13..000000000
--- a/src/backend/distributed/citus--5.2-1--5.3-0.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-/* citus--5.2-1--5.3-0.sql */
-
-ALTER TABLE pg_catalog.pg_dist_shard
-DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS shardalias;
-