diff --git a/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4402-mysql_fields-t.cpp b/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4402-mysql_fields-t.cpp
index bc9c098082..7ab0a0bbdb 100644
--- a/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4402-mysql_fields-t.cpp
+++ b/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4402-mysql_fields-t.cpp
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	MYSQL_QUERY__(proxysql, "CREATE DATABASE testdb");
 
 	diag("Creating echo_int function...");
-	MYSQL_QUERY__(proxysql, "CREATE FUNCTION IF NOT EXISTS testdb.echo_int(N INT) RETURNS INT DETERMINISTIC RETURN N;");
+	MYSQL_QUERY__(proxysql, "CREATE FUNCTION testdb.echo_int(N INT) RETURNS INT DETERMINISTIC RETURN N;");
 	
 	diag("Creating dummy_table...");
-	MYSQL_QUERY__(proxysql, "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS testdb.dummy_table(data VARCHAR(10))");
+	MYSQL_QUERY__(proxysql, "CREATE TABLE testdb.dummy_table(data VARCHAR(10))");
 
 	// wait for replication
 	std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(2));