diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_citus_update_table_statistics.out b/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_citus_update_table_statistics.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 043b607b3..000000000
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_citus_update_table_statistics.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
-
-starting permutation: s1-begin s1-drop-table s2-citus-update-table-statistics s1-commit
-create_distributed_table
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-(1 row)
-
-step s1-begin:
-    BEGIN;
-
-step s1-drop-table:
-    DROP TABLE dist_table;
-
-step s2-citus-update-table-statistics:
-    SET client_min_messages TO NOTICE;
-    SELECT citus_update_table_statistics(logicalrelid) FROM pg_dist_partition;
- <waiting ...>
-step s1-commit: 
-    COMMIT;
-
-step s2-citus-update-table-statistics: <... completed>
-s2: NOTICE:  relation with OID XXXX does not exist, skipping
-citus_update_table_statistics
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-(2 rows)
-
-
-starting permutation: s1-begin s1-drop-table s2-citus-shards s1-commit
-create_distributed_table
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-(1 row)
-
-step s1-begin:
-    BEGIN;
-
-step s1-drop-table:
-    DROP TABLE dist_table;
-
-step s2-citus-shards:
-    SELECT 1 AS result FROM citus_shards GROUP BY result;
- <waiting ...>
-step s1-commit: 
-    COMMIT;
-
-step s2-citus-shards: <... completed>
-result
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-     1
-(1 row)
-
-
-starting permutation: s2-begin s2-citus-shards s1-drop-table s2-commit
-create_distributed_table
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-(1 row)
-
-step s2-begin:
-    BEGIN;
-
-step s2-citus-shards:
-    SELECT 1 AS result FROM citus_shards GROUP BY result;
-
-result
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-     1
-(1 row)
-
-step s1-drop-table:
-    DROP TABLE dist_table;
-
-step s2-commit:
-    COMMIT;
-
-
-starting permutation: s2-begin s2-citus-update-table-statistics s1-drop-table s2-commit
-create_distributed_table
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-(1 row)
-
-step s2-begin:
-    BEGIN;
-
-step s2-citus-update-table-statistics:
-    SET client_min_messages TO NOTICE;
-    SELECT citus_update_table_statistics(logicalrelid) FROM pg_dist_partition;
-
-citus_update_table_statistics
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-(2 rows)
-
-step s1-drop-table:
-    DROP TABLE dist_table;
- <waiting ...>
-step s2-commit: 
-    COMMIT;
-
-step s1-drop-table: <... completed>
-ERROR:  tuple concurrently deleted
diff --git a/src/test/regress/isolation_schedule b/src/test/regress/isolation_schedule
index 0de778929..0556cf901 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/isolation_schedule
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ test: isolation_insert_select_conflict
 test: shared_connection_waits
 test: isolation_cancellation
 test: isolation_undistribute_table
-test: isolation_citus_update_table_statistics
 test: isolation_fix_partition_shard_index_names
 
 # Rebalancer
diff --git a/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_citus_update_table_statistics.spec b/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_citus_update_table_statistics.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 5581e292f..000000000
--- a/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_citus_update_table_statistics.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-setup
-{
-    CREATE TABLE dist_table(a INT, b INT);
-    SELECT create_distributed_table('dist_table', 'a');
-}
-
-teardown
-{
-    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dist_table;
-}
-
-session "s1"
-
-step "s1-begin"
-{
-    BEGIN;
-}
-
-step "s1-drop-table"
-{
-    DROP TABLE dist_table;
-}
-
-step "s1-commit"
-{
-    COMMIT;
-}
-
-session "s2"
-
-step "s2-begin"
-{
-    BEGIN;
-}
-
-step "s2-citus-update-table-statistics"
-{
-    SET client_min_messages TO NOTICE;
-    SELECT citus_update_table_statistics(logicalrelid) FROM pg_dist_partition;
-}
-
-step "s2-citus-shards"
-{
-    SELECT 1 AS result FROM citus_shards GROUP BY result;
-}
-
-step "s2-commit"
-{
-    COMMIT;
-}
-
-permutation "s1-begin" "s1-drop-table" "s2-citus-update-table-statistics" "s1-commit"
-permutation "s1-begin" "s1-drop-table" "s2-citus-shards" "s1-commit"
-permutation "s2-begin" "s2-citus-shards" "s1-drop-table" "s2-commit"
-
-// ERROR:  tuple concurrently deleted -- is expected in the following permutation
-// Check the explanation at PR #5155 in the following comment
-// https://github.com/citusdata/citus/pull/5155#issuecomment-897028194
-permutation "s2-begin" "s2-citus-update-table-statistics" "s1-drop-table" "s2-commit"