diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/create_drop_database_propagation.out b/src/test/regress/expected/create_drop_database_propagation.out
index e0172f3e8..bb097f4cc 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/create_drop_database_propagation.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/create_drop_database_propagation.out
@@ -210,18 +210,7 @@ CREATE USER "role-needs\!escape";
 CREATE DATABASE "db-needs\!escape" owner "role-needs\!escape" tablespace "ts-needs\!escape";
 -- Rename it to make check_database_on_all_nodes happy.
 -- Today we don't support ALTER DATABASE .. RENAME TO .., so need to propagate it manually.
-SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
-  $$
-  ALTER DATABASE "db-needs\!escape" RENAME TO db_needs_escape
-  $$
-);
-     result
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- ALTER DATABASE
- ALTER DATABASE
- ALTER DATABASE
-(3 rows)
-
+ALTER DATABASE "db-needs\!escape" RENAME TO db_needs_escape;
 SELECT * FROM public.check_database_on_all_nodes('db_needs_escape') ORDER BY node_type;
       node_type       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   result
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/create_drop_database_propagation.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/create_drop_database_propagation.sql
index c83548d68..3f5147df1 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/create_drop_database_propagation.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/create_drop_database_propagation.sql
@@ -130,12 +130,8 @@ CREATE DATABASE "db-needs\!escape" owner "role-needs\!escape" tablespace "ts-nee
 
 -- Rename it to make check_database_on_all_nodes happy.
 -- Today we don't support ALTER DATABASE .. RENAME TO .., so need to propagate it manually.
-SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
-  $$
-  ALTER DATABASE "db-needs\!escape" RENAME TO db_needs_escape
-  $$
-);
 
+ALTER DATABASE "db-needs\!escape" RENAME TO db_needs_escape;
 SELECT * FROM public.check_database_on_all_nodes('db_needs_escape') ORDER BY node_type;
 
 -- test database syncing after node addition