diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/search-path-inval.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/search-path-inval.out
deleted file mode 100644
index e0173afdb2..0000000000
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/search-path-inval.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-Parsed test spec with 3 sessions
-
-starting permutation: s1a s2a s1a s2b
-step s1a: 
-    SELECT CURRENT_USER;
-    SHOW search_path;
-    SELECT t FROM x;
-
-current_user    
-----------------
-regress_sp_user1
-(1 row)
-
-search_path               
---------------------------
-"$user", regress_sp_public
-(1 row)
-
-t                         
---------------------------
-data in regress_sp_user1.x
-(1 row)
-
-step s2a: 
-    ALTER ROLE regress_sp_user1 RENAME TO regress_sp_user2;
-
-step s1a: 
-    SELECT CURRENT_USER;
-    SHOW search_path;
-    SELECT t FROM x;
-
-current_user    
-----------------
-regress_sp_user2
-(1 row)
-
-search_path               
---------------------------
-"$user", regress_sp_public
-(1 row)
-
-t                          
----------------------------
-data in regress_sp_public.x
-(1 row)
-
-step s2b: 
-    ALTER ROLE regress_sp_user2 RENAME TO regress_sp_user1;
-
-
-starting permutation: s1a s3a s1a s3b
-step s1a: 
-    SELECT CURRENT_USER;
-    SHOW search_path;
-    SELECT t FROM x;
-
-current_user    
-----------------
-regress_sp_user1
-(1 row)
-
-search_path               
---------------------------
-"$user", regress_sp_public
-(1 row)
-
-t                         
---------------------------
-data in regress_sp_user1.x
-(1 row)
-
-step s3a: 
-    ALTER SCHEMA regress_sp_user1 RENAME TO regress_sp_user2;
-
-step s1a: 
-    SELECT CURRENT_USER;
-    SHOW search_path;
-    SELECT t FROM x;
-
-current_user    
-----------------
-regress_sp_user1
-(1 row)
-
-search_path               
---------------------------
-"$user", regress_sp_public
-(1 row)
-
-t                          
----------------------------
-data in regress_sp_public.x
-(1 row)
-
-step s3b: 
-    ALTER SCHEMA regress_sp_user2 RENAME TO regress_sp_user1;
-
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index eab9f2243e..4fc56ae99c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -110,4 +110,3 @@ test: serializable-parallel
 test: serializable-parallel-2
 test: serializable-parallel-3
 test: matview-write-skew
-test: search-path-inval
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/search-path-inval.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/search-path-inval.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 08b1bba2fc..0000000000
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/search-path-inval.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# Test search_path invalidation.
-
-setup
-{
-    CREATE USER regress_sp_user1;
-    CREATE SCHEMA regress_sp_user1 AUTHORIZATION regress_sp_user1;
-    CREATE SCHEMA regress_sp_public;
-    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON SCHEMA regress_sp_public TO regress_sp_user1;
-}
-
-teardown
-{
-    DROP SCHEMA regress_sp_public CASCADE;
-    DROP SCHEMA regress_sp_user1 CASCADE;
-    DROP USER regress_sp_user1;
-}
-
-session s1
-setup
-{
-    SET search_path = "$user", regress_sp_public;
-    SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION regress_sp_user1;
-    CREATE TABLE regress_sp_user1.x(t) AS SELECT 'data in regress_sp_user1.x';
-    CREATE TABLE regress_sp_public.x(t) AS SELECT 'data in regress_sp_public.x';
-}
-step s1a
-{
-    SELECT CURRENT_USER;
-    SHOW search_path;
-    SELECT t FROM x;
-}
-
-session s2
-step s2a
-{
-    ALTER ROLE regress_sp_user1 RENAME TO regress_sp_user2;
-}
-step s2b
-{
-    ALTER ROLE regress_sp_user2 RENAME TO regress_sp_user1;
-}
-
-session s3
-step s3a
-{
-    ALTER SCHEMA regress_sp_user1 RENAME TO regress_sp_user2;
-}
-step s3b
-{
-    ALTER SCHEMA regress_sp_user2 RENAME TO regress_sp_user1;
-}
-
-# s1's search_path is invalidated by role name change in s2a, and
-# falls back to regress_sp_public.x
-permutation s1a s2a s1a s2b
-
-# s1's search_path is invalidated by schema name change in s2b, and
-# falls back to regress_sp_public.x
-permutation s1a s3a s1a s3b