diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_utility.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_utility.c
index 43d570df3..97b6dca1e 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_utility.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_utility.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ static void SetLocalCommitProtocolTo2PC(void);
 static bool ExecuteCommandOnWorkerShards(Oid relationId, const char *commandString);
 static void ExecuteCommandOnShardPlacements(StringInfo applyCommand, uint64 shardId,
 											ShardConnections *shardConnections);
-static bool AllFinalizedPlacementsAccessible(Oid relationId);
 static void RangeVarCallbackForDropIndex(const RangeVar *rel, Oid relOid, Oid oldRelOid,
 										 void *arg);
 static void CheckCopyPermissions(CopyStmt *copyStatement);
@@ -1057,19 +1056,10 @@ ExecuteDistributedDDLCommand(Oid relationId, const char *ddlCommandString,
 							 bool isTopLevel)
 {
 	bool executionOK = false;
-	bool allPlacementsAccessible = false;
 
 	PreventTransactionChain(isTopLevel, "distributed DDL commands");
 	SetLocalCommitProtocolTo2PC();
 
-	allPlacementsAccessible = AllFinalizedPlacementsAccessible(relationId);
-	if (!allPlacementsAccessible)
-	{
-		ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("cannot execute command: %s", ddlCommandString),
-						errdetail("All finalized shard placements need to be accessible "
-								  "to execute DDL commands on distributed tables.")));
-	}
-
 	executionOK = ExecuteCommandOnWorkerShards(relationId, ddlCommandString);
 
 	/* if command could not be executed on any finalized shard placement, error out */
@@ -1220,64 +1210,6 @@ ExecuteCommandOnShardPlacements(StringInfo applyCommand, uint64 shardId,
 }
 
 
-/*
- * AllFinalizedPlacementsAccessible returns true if all the finalized shard
- * placements for a given relation are accessible. Otherwise, the function
- * returns false. To do so, the function first gets a list of responsive
- * worker nodes and then checks if all the finalized shard placements lie
- * on those worker nodes.
- */
-static bool
-AllFinalizedPlacementsAccessible(Oid relationId)
-{
-	bool allPlacementsAccessible = true;
-	ListCell *shardCell = NULL;
-	List *responsiveNodeList = ResponsiveWorkerNodeList();
-
-	List *shardList = LoadShardList(relationId);
-	foreach(shardCell, shardList)
-	{
-		List *shardPlacementList = NIL;
-		ListCell *shardPlacementCell = NULL;
-		uint64 *shardIdPointer = (uint64 *) lfirst(shardCell);
-		uint64 shardId = (*shardIdPointer);
-
-		shardPlacementList = FinalizedShardPlacementList(shardId);
-		foreach(shardPlacementCell, shardPlacementList)
-		{
-			ListCell *responsiveNodeCell = NULL;
-			bool placementAccessible = false;
-			ShardPlacement *placement = (ShardPlacement *) lfirst(shardPlacementCell);
-
-			/* verify that the placement lies on one of the responsive worker nodes */
-			foreach(responsiveNodeCell, responsiveNodeList)
-			{
-				WorkerNode *node = (WorkerNode *) lfirst(responsiveNodeCell);
-				if (strncmp(node->workerName, placement->nodeName, WORKER_LENGTH) == 0 &&
-					node->workerPort == placement->nodePort)
-				{
-					placementAccessible = true;
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (!placementAccessible)
-			{
-				allPlacementsAccessible = false;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (!allPlacementsAccessible)
-		{
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return allPlacementsAccessible;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Before acquiring a table lock, check whether we have sufficient rights.
  * In the case of DROP INDEX, also try to lock the table before the index.