diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/minimal_cluster_management.out b/src/test/regress/expected/minimal_cluster_management.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af3ac84f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/minimal_cluster_management.out
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+SET citus.next_shard_id TO 1220000;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_colocationid_seq RESTART 1390000;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_groupid_seq RESTART 1;
+-- Tests functions related to cluster membership
+-- add the nodes to the cluster with the same nodeids and groupids that
+-- multi_cluster_management.sql creates
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_node_nodeid_seq RESTART 18;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_groupid_seq RESTART 16;
+SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_node_nodeid_seq RESTART 16;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_groupid_seq RESTART 14;
+SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+-- Create the same colocation groups as multi_cluster_management.sql
+SET citus.shard_count TO 16;
+SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 1;
+CREATE TABLE cluster_management_test (col_1 text, col_2 int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('cluster_management_test', 'col_1', 'hash');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+DROP TABLE cluster_management_test;
+CREATE TABLE test_reference_table (y int primary key, name text);
+SELECT create_reference_table('test_reference_table');
+ create_reference_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+DROP TABLE test_reference_table;
+SET citus.shard_count TO 4;
+SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 2;
+CREATE TABLE cluster_management_test (col_1 text, col_2 int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('cluster_management_test', 'col_1', 'hash');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+DROP TABLE cluster_management_test;
+SET citus.shard_count TO 4;
+SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 1;
+CREATE TABLE test_dist (x int, y int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('test_dist', 'x');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+DROP TABLE test_dist;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_node_nodeid_seq RESTART 30;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_groupid_seq RESTART 18;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_placement_placementid_seq RESTART 83;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_test_catalog_views.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_test_catalog_views.out
index f99b3d7d7..8c255f94e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_test_catalog_views.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_test_catalog_views.out
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+-- create a temporary custom version of this function that's normally defined
+-- in multi_test_helpers, so that this file can be run parallel with
+-- multi_test_helpers during the minimal schedules
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION run_command_on_master_and_workers_temp(p_sql text)
+RETURNS void LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
+BEGIN
+     EXECUTE p_sql;
+     PERFORM run_command_on_workers(p_sql);
+END;$$;
 -- The following views are intended as alternatives to \d commands, whose
 -- output changed in PostgreSQL 10. In particular, they must be used any time
 -- a test wishes to print out the structure of a relation, which previously
 -- was safely accomplished by a \d invocation.
-SELECT run_command_on_master_and_workers(
+SELECT run_command_on_master_and_workers_temp(
 $desc_views$
 CREATE VIEW table_fkey_cols AS
 SELECT rc.constraint_name AS "name",
@@ -97,8 +106,9 @@ ORDER BY a.attrelid, a.attnum;
 
 $desc_views$
 );
- run_command_on_master_and_workers
+ run_command_on_master_and_workers_temp
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 (1 row)
 
+DROP FUNCTION run_command_on_master_and_workers_temp(p_sql text);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/minimal_schedule b/src/test/regress/minimal_schedule
index 6ea784918..ef2d3dc65 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/minimal_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/minimal_schedule
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-test: multi_test_helpers multi_test_helpers_superuser columnar_test_helpers
-test: multi_cluster_management
-test: multi_test_catalog_views
-test: tablespace
+test: minimal_cluster_management
+test: multi_test_helpers multi_test_helpers_superuser columnar_test_helpers multi_test_catalog_views tablespace
diff --git a/src/test/regress/mx_minimal_schedule b/src/test/regress/mx_minimal_schedule
index c697f79dc..5b0f943c7 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/mx_minimal_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/mx_minimal_schedule
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # ----------
 # Only run few basic tests to set up a testing environment
 # ----------
-test: multi_cluster_management
-test: multi_test_helpers multi_test_helpers_superuser
-test: multi_test_catalog_views
+test: minimal_cluster_management
+test: multi_test_helpers multi_test_helpers_superuser multi_test_catalog_views
 
 # the following test has to be run sequentially
 test: base_enable_mx
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/minimal_cluster_management.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/minimal_cluster_management.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..424daccac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/minimal_cluster_management.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+SET citus.next_shard_id TO 1220000;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_colocationid_seq RESTART 1390000;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_groupid_seq RESTART 1;
+
+-- Tests functions related to cluster membership
+
+-- add the nodes to the cluster with the same nodeids and groupids that
+-- multi_cluster_management.sql creates
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_node_nodeid_seq RESTART 18;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_groupid_seq RESTART 16;
+SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_node_nodeid_seq RESTART 16;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_groupid_seq RESTART 14;
+SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+
+-- Create the same colocation groups as multi_cluster_management.sql
+SET citus.shard_count TO 16;
+SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 1;
+CREATE TABLE cluster_management_test (col_1 text, col_2 int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('cluster_management_test', 'col_1', 'hash');
+DROP TABLE cluster_management_test;
+
+CREATE TABLE test_reference_table (y int primary key, name text);
+SELECT create_reference_table('test_reference_table');
+DROP TABLE test_reference_table;
+
+SET citus.shard_count TO 4;
+SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 2;
+CREATE TABLE cluster_management_test (col_1 text, col_2 int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('cluster_management_test', 'col_1', 'hash');
+DROP TABLE cluster_management_test;
+
+SET citus.shard_count TO 4;
+SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 1;
+CREATE TABLE test_dist (x int, y int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('test_dist', 'x');
+DROP TABLE test_dist;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_node_nodeid_seq RESTART 30;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_groupid_seq RESTART 18;
+ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_placement_placementid_seq RESTART 83;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_test_catalog_views.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_test_catalog_views.sql
index f2c5a50cf..bb1442edf 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_test_catalog_views.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_test_catalog_views.sql
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
+-- create a temporary custom version of this function that's normally defined
+-- in multi_test_helpers, so that this file can be run parallel with
+-- multi_test_helpers during the minimal schedules
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION run_command_on_master_and_workers_temp(p_sql text)
+RETURNS void LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
+BEGIN
+     EXECUTE p_sql;
+     PERFORM run_command_on_workers(p_sql);
+END;$$;
+
 -- The following views are intended as alternatives to \d commands, whose
 -- output changed in PostgreSQL 10. In particular, they must be used any time
 -- a test wishes to print out the structure of a relation, which previously
 -- was safely accomplished by a \d invocation.
-SELECT run_command_on_master_and_workers(
+SELECT run_command_on_master_and_workers_temp(
 $desc_views$
 CREATE VIEW table_fkey_cols AS
 SELECT rc.constraint_name AS "name",
@@ -98,3 +108,4 @@ ORDER BY a.attrelid, a.attnum;
 $desc_views$
 );
 
+DROP FUNCTION run_command_on_master_and_workers_temp(p_sql text);