diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.1-1--10.2-1.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.1-1--10.2-1.sql
index 2711a81c4..3e7c2fb4f 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.1-1--10.2-1.sql
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.1-1--10.2-1.sql
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ ALTER TABLE pg_catalog.pg_dist_placement ADD CONSTRAINT placement_shardid_groupi
 #include "udfs/citus_drop_trigger/10.2-1.sql"
 #include "../../timeseries/sql/timeseries--10.1-1--10.2-1.sql"
 #include "../../timeseries/sql/udfs/create_timeseries_table/10.2-1.sql"
-#include "../../timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table/10.2-1.sql"
+#include "../../timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table_metadata/10.2-1.sql"
 #include "../../timeseries/sql/udfs/create_missing_partitions/10.2-1.sql"
 #include "../../timeseries/sql/udfs/get_missing_partition_ranges/10.2-1.sql"
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_drop_trigger/10.2-1.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_drop_trigger/10.2-1.sql
index fecfc9bde..7cf182218 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_drop_trigger/10.2-1.sql
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_drop_trigger/10.2-1.sql
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BEGIN
         PERFORM master_remove_distributed_table_metadata_from_workers(v_obj.objid, v_obj.schema_name, v_obj.object_name);
         PERFORM citus_drop_all_shards(v_obj.objid, v_obj.schema_name, v_obj.object_name);
         PERFORM master_remove_partition_metadata(v_obj.objid, v_obj.schema_name, v_obj.object_name);
-        PERFORM drop_timeseries_table(v_obj.objid);
+        PERFORM drop_timeseries_table_metadata(v_obj.objid);
     END LOOP;
 
     -- remove entries from citus.pg_dist_object for all dropped root (objsubid = 0) objects
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_drop_trigger/latest.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_drop_trigger/latest.sql
index fecfc9bde..7cf182218 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_drop_trigger/latest.sql
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/citus_drop_trigger/latest.sql
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BEGIN
         PERFORM master_remove_distributed_table_metadata_from_workers(v_obj.objid, v_obj.schema_name, v_obj.object_name);
         PERFORM citus_drop_all_shards(v_obj.objid, v_obj.schema_name, v_obj.object_name);
         PERFORM master_remove_partition_metadata(v_obj.objid, v_obj.schema_name, v_obj.object_name);
-        PERFORM drop_timeseries_table(v_obj.objid);
+        PERFORM drop_timeseries_table_metadata(v_obj.objid);
     END LOOP;
 
     -- remove entries from citus.pg_dist_object for all dropped root (objsubid = 0) objects
diff --git a/src/backend/timeseries/drop_timeseries_table.c b/src/backend/timeseries/drop_timeseries_table_metadata.c
similarity index 89%
rename from src/backend/timeseries/drop_timeseries_table.c
rename to src/backend/timeseries/drop_timeseries_table_metadata.c
index 4f5e17227..28cec72e7 100644
--- a/src/backend/timeseries/drop_timeseries_table.c
+++ b/src/backend/timeseries/drop_timeseries_table_metadata.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * drop_timeseries_table.c
+ * drop_timeseries_table_metadata.c
  *	  Routines related to the drop of timeseries tables.
  *
  * Copyright (c) Citus Data, Inc.
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@
 #include "distributed/metadata_cache.h"
 #include "timeseries/timeseries_utils.h"
 
-PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(drop_timeseries_table);
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(drop_timeseries_table_metadata);
 
 /*
- * drop_timeseries_table gets the table oid, then it drops
+ * drop_timeseries_table_metadata gets the table oid, then it drops
  * all the metadata related to it. Note that this function doesn't
  * drop any partitions or any data of the given table.
  *
  * TODO: Add unscheduling for automated jobs as well.
  */
 Datum
-drop_timeseries_table(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+drop_timeseries_table_metadata(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	CheckCitusVersion(ERROR);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/timeseries/sql/downgrades/timeseries--10.2-1--10.1-1.sql b/src/backend/timeseries/sql/downgrades/timeseries--10.2-1--10.1-1.sql
index d2cecb7e0..1af475a20 100644
--- a/src/backend/timeseries/sql/downgrades/timeseries--10.2-1--10.1-1.sql
+++ b/src/backend/timeseries/sql/downgrades/timeseries--10.2-1--10.1-1.sql
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ DROP FUNCTION pg_catalog.create_missing_partitions(regclass,timestamp with time
 DROP FUNCTION pg_catalog.create_timeseries_table(regclass,interval,integer,integer,timestamp with time zone,interval,interval);
 DROP FUNCTION pg_catalog.get_missing_partition_ranges(regclass,timestamp with time zone,timestamp with time zone);
 
--- In Citus 10.2, we added another internal udf (drop_timeseries_table)
+-- In Citus 10.2, we added another internal udf (drop_timeseries_table_metadata)
 -- to be called by citus_drop_trigger. Since this script is executed when
--- downgrading Citus, we don't have drop_timeseries_table in citus.so.
+-- downgrading Citus, we don't have drop_timeseries_table_metadata in citus.so.
 -- For this reason, we first need to downgrade citus_drop_trigger so it doesn't
--- call drop_timeseries_table.
+-- call drop_timeseries_table_metadata.
 #include "../../../distributed/sql/udfs/citus_drop_trigger/10.0-1.sql"
 
--- Now we can safely drop drop_timeseries_table as we downgraded citus_drop_trigger.
-DROP FUNCTION pg_catalog.drop_timeseries_table(regclass);
+-- Now we can safely drop drop_timeseries_table_metadata as we downgraded citus_drop_trigger.
+DROP FUNCTION pg_catalog.drop_timeseries_table_metadata(regclass);
 DROP TABLE tables;
 
 RESET search_path;
diff --git a/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table/10.2-1.sql b/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table/10.2-1.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index a96def434..000000000
--- a/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table/10.2-1.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_catalog.drop_timeseries_table(
-    logicalrelid regclass)
-    RETURNS void
-    LANGUAGE C
-AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'drop_timeseries_table';
-
-COMMENT ON FUNCTION pg_catalog.drop_timeseries_table(
-    logicalrelid regclass)
-IS 'drops a citus timeseries table by removing metadata';
--- TODO: Update comment for unscheduling
diff --git a/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table/latest.sql b/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table/latest.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 35b770e17..000000000
--- a/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table/latest.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_catalog.drop_timeseries_table(
-    logicalrelid regclass)
-    RETURNS void
-    LANGUAGE C
-AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'drop_timeseries_table';
-
-COMMENT ON FUNCTION pg_catalog.drop_timeseries_table(
-    logicalrelid regclass)
-IS 'drops a citus timeseries table by removing metadata';
diff --git a/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table_metadata/10.2-1.sql b/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table_metadata/10.2-1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f79fe0d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table_metadata/10.2-1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_catalog.drop_timeseries_table_metadata(
+    logicalrelid regclass)
+    RETURNS void
+    LANGUAGE C
+AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'drop_timeseries_table_metadata';
+
+COMMENT ON FUNCTION pg_catalog.drop_timeseries_table_metadata(
+    logicalrelid regclass)
+IS 'drops citus timeseries table''s metadata';
diff --git a/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table_metadata/latest.sql b/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table_metadata/latest.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b98e33450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/timeseries/sql/udfs/drop_timeseries_table_metadata/latest.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_catalog.drop_timeseries_table_metadata(
+    logicalrelid regclass)
+    RETURNS void
+    LANGUAGE C
+AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'drop_timeseries_table_metadata';
+
+COMMENT ON FUNCTION pg_catalog.drop_timeseries_table_metadata(
+    logicalrelid regclass)
+IS 'drop a citus timeseries table''s metadata';
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
index 751f30565..a827084e1 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ SELECT * FROM multi_extension.print_extension_changes();
                                                         | function citus_internal_update_relation_colocation(oid,integer) void
                                                         | function create_missing_partitions(regclass,timestamp with time zone,timestamp with time zone) boolean
                                                         | function create_timeseries_table(regclass,interval,integer,integer,timestamp with time zone,interval,interval) void
-                                                        | function drop_timeseries_table(regclass) void
+                                                        | function drop_timeseries_table_metadata(regclass) void
                                                         | function get_missing_partition_ranges(regclass,timestamp with time zone,timestamp with time zone) TABLE(range_from_value text, range_to_value text)
                                                         | function stop_metadata_sync_to_node(text,integer,boolean) void
                                                         | schema timeseries
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects.out b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects.out
index 18a093a0c..c6139c418 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects.out
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ORDER BY 1;
  function create_reference_table(regclass)
  function create_timeseries_table(regclass,interval,integer,integer,timestamp with time zone,interval,interval)
  function distributed_tables_colocated(regclass,regclass)
- function drop_timeseries_table(regclass)
+ function drop_timeseries_table_metadata(regclass)
  function dump_global_wait_edges()
  function dump_local_wait_edges()
  function fetch_intermediate_results(text[],text,integer)