diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/merge_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/merge_planner.c
index 92fea1c9d..fc6e4fd06 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/merge_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/merge_planner.c
@@ -857,11 +857,8 @@ ConvertRelationRTEIntoSubquery(Query *mergeQuery, RangeTblEntry *sourceRte,
 	/* set the FROM expression to the subquery */
 	newRangeTableRef->rtindex = SINGLE_RTE_INDEX;
 	sourceResultsQuery->jointree = makeFromExpr(list_make1(newRangeTableRef), NULL);
-
-	bool isMergeQuery = true;
-	sourceResultsQuery->targetList =
-		CreateAllTargetListForRelation(sourceRte->relid, requiredAttributes,
-									   isMergeQuery);
+	sourceResultsQuery->targetList = CreateAllTargetListForRelation(sourceRte->relid,
+																	requiredAttributes);
 	List *restrictionList =
 		GetRestrictInfoListForRelation(sourceRte, plannerRestrictionContext);
 	List *copyRestrictionList = copyObject(restrictionList);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/query_colocation_checker.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/query_colocation_checker.c
index 6c34d01a8..d7fb8e868 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/query_colocation_checker.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/query_colocation_checker.c
@@ -325,14 +325,13 @@ WrapRteRelationIntoSubquery(RangeTblEntry *rteRelation,
  * as a NULL column.
  */
 List *
-CreateAllTargetListForRelation(Oid relationId, List *requiredAttributes, bool
-							   isMergeQuery)
+CreateAllTargetListForRelation(Oid relationId, List *requiredAttributes)
 {
 	Relation relation = relation_open(relationId, AccessShareLock);
 	int numberOfAttributes = RelationGetNumberOfAttributes(relation);
 
 	List *targetList = NIL;
-	int colAppendIdx = 1;
+	int varAttrNo = 1;
 
 	for (int attrNum = 1; attrNum <= numberOfAttributes; attrNum++)
 	{
@@ -362,9 +361,8 @@ CreateAllTargetListForRelation(Oid relationId, List *requiredAttributes, bool
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			int varAttNum = isMergeQuery ? attrNum : colAppendIdx++;
 			TargetEntry *targetEntry =
-				CreateTargetEntryForColumn(attributeTuple, SINGLE_RTE_INDEX, varAttNum,
+				CreateTargetEntryForColumn(attributeTuple, SINGLE_RTE_INDEX, varAttrNo,
 										   resNo);
 			targetList = lappend(targetList, targetEntry);
 		}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/recursive_planning.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/recursive_planning.c
index f624ce8f6..9f520fa5f 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/recursive_planning.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/recursive_planning.c
@@ -1767,10 +1767,8 @@ ReplaceRTERelationWithRteSubquery(RangeTblEntry *rangeTableEntry,
 {
 	Query *subquery = WrapRteRelationIntoSubquery(rangeTableEntry, requiredAttrNumbers,
 												  perminfo);
-	bool isMergeQuery = false;
 	List *outerQueryTargetList = CreateAllTargetListForRelation(rangeTableEntry->relid,
-																requiredAttrNumbers,
-																isMergeQuery);
+																requiredAttrNumbers);
 
 	List *restrictionList =
 		GetRestrictInfoListForRelation(rangeTableEntry,
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/query_colocation_checker.h b/src/include/distributed/query_colocation_checker.h
index ae6062e27..2a46d364c 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/query_colocation_checker.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/query_colocation_checker.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ extern bool SubqueryColocated(Query *subquery, ColocatedJoinChecker *context);
 extern Query * WrapRteRelationIntoSubquery(RangeTblEntry *rteRelation,
 										   List *requiredAttributes,
 										   RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo);
-extern List * CreateAllTargetListForRelation(Oid relationId, List *requiredAttributes,
-											 bool isMergeQuery);
+extern List * CreateAllTargetListForRelation(Oid relationId, List *requiredAttributes);
 
 #endif /* QUERY_COLOCATION_CHECKER_H */
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/merge_vcore.out b/src/test/regress/expected/merge_vcore.out
index d2f15ee46..03f6f8820 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/merge_vcore.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/merge_vcore.out
@@ -476,41 +476,6 @@ WHEN MATCHED THEN DO NOTHING;
                                  Filter: ('2'::bigint = id)
 (11 rows)
 
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS source;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS target;
--- Bug Fix Test as part of this PR
-CREATE TABLE source (
-    id int,
-    age int,
-    salary int
-);
-CREATE TABLE target (
-    id int,
-    age int,
-    salary int
-);
-SELECT create_distributed_table('source', 'id', colocate_with=>'none');
- create_distributed_table
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-(1 row)
-
-SELECT create_distributed_table('target', 'id', colocate_with=>'none');
- create_distributed_table
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-(1 row)
-
-INSERT INTO source (id, age, salary) VALUES  (1,30, 100000);
-MERGE INTO ONLY target USING source ON (source.id = target.id)
-WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
-INSERT (id, salary) VALUES (source.id, source.salary);
-SELECT * FROM TARGET;
- id | age | salary
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-  1 |     | 100000
-(1 row)
-
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS source;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS target;
 DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS merge_vcore_schema CASCADE;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/merge_vcore.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/merge_vcore.sql
index 5f1e112b6..472bbfe91 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/merge_vcore.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/merge_vcore.sql
@@ -312,32 +312,6 @@ WHEN MATCHED THEN DO NOTHING;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS source;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS target;
 
--- Bug Fix Test as part of this PR
-CREATE TABLE source (
-    id int,
-    age int,
-    salary int
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE target (
-    id int,
-    age int,
-    salary int
-);
-
-SELECT create_distributed_table('source', 'id', colocate_with=>'none');
-SELECT create_distributed_table('target', 'id', colocate_with=>'none');
-
-INSERT INTO source (id, age, salary) VALUES  (1,30, 100000);
-
-MERGE INTO ONLY target USING source ON (source.id = target.id)
-WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
-INSERT (id, salary) VALUES (source.id, source.salary);
-
-SELECT * FROM TARGET;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS source;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS target;
-
 DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS merge_vcore_schema CASCADE;