diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/test/colocation_utils.c b/src/backend/distributed/test/colocation_utils.c
index ae81243a3..8d24bdf9b 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/test/colocation_utils.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/test/colocation_utils.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "distributed/colocation_utils.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
 #include "distributed/metadata_cache.h"
-#include "distributed/test_helper_functions.h" /* IWYU pragma: keep */
 
 
 /* declarations for dynamic loading */
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/test/create_shards.c b/src/backend/distributed/test/create_shards.c
index b9ea38baa..a97f0d614 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/test/create_shards.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/test/create_shards.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
-#include "distributed/test_helper_functions.h" /* IWYU pragma: keep */
 #include "lib/stringinfo.h"
 #include "nodes/pg_list.h"
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/test/deparse_shard_query.c b/src/backend/distributed/test/deparse_shard_query.c
index abccca4af..55c75de4a 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/test/deparse_shard_query.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/test/deparse_shard_query.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "distributed/citus_ruleutils.h"
 #include "distributed/insert_select_planner.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_router_planner.h"
-#include "distributed/test_helper_functions.h" /* IWYU pragma: keep */
 #include "lib/stringinfo.h"
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "nodes/nodes.h"
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/test/distribution_metadata.c b/src/backend/distributed/test/distribution_metadata.c
index fcdd85997..cae3d2eea 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/test/distribution_metadata.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/test/distribution_metadata.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "distributed/multi_physical_planner.h"
 #include "distributed/pg_dist_shard.h"
 #include "distributed/resource_lock.h"
-#include "distributed/test_helper_functions.h" /* IWYU pragma: keep */
 #include "lib/stringinfo.h"
 #include "nodes/pg_list.h"
 #include "nodes/primnodes.h"
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/test/fake_fdw.c b/src/backend/distributed/test/fake_fdw.c
index 8fd3eab91..7fa966da4 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/test/fake_fdw.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/test/fake_fdw.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 
-#include "distributed/test_helper_functions.h" /* IWYU pragma: keep */
 #include "executor/tuptable.h"
 #include "foreign/fdwapi.h"
 #include "nodes/execnodes.h"
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/test/generate_ddl_commands.c b/src/backend/distributed/test/generate_ddl_commands.c
index aabac2a84..9b6503caf 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/test/generate_ddl_commands.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/test/generate_ddl_commands.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
 #include "distributed/master_protocol.h"
-#include "distributed/test_helper_functions.h" /* IWYU pragma: keep */
 #include "lib/stringinfo.h"
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "nodes/nodes.h"
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/test/metadata_sync.c b/src/backend/distributed/test/metadata_sync.c
index f47fe3adb..d1e574bc1 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/test/metadata_sync.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/test/metadata_sync.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
 #include "distributed/metadata_sync.h"
-#include "distributed/test_helper_functions.h" /* IWYU pragma: keep */
 #include "utils/array.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/test/prune_shard_list.c b/src/backend/distributed/test/prune_shard_list.c
index 288c01472..b5a2f49ea 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/test/prune_shard_list.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/test/prune_shard_list.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "distributed/multi_join_order.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_physical_planner.h"
 #include "distributed/resource_lock.h"
-#include "distributed/test_helper_functions.h" /* IWYU pragma: keep */
 #include "distributed/shard_pruning.h"
 #include "nodes/pg_list.h"
 #include "nodes/primnodes.h"