diff --git a/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/AbstractTestDistributedQueries.java b/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/AbstractTestDistributedQueries.java
index d3f1e74c54f4..a5b4257bce2a 100644
--- a/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/AbstractTestDistributedQueries.java
+++ b/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/AbstractTestDistributedQueries.java
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ public void testDeleteWithVarcharPredicate()
     protected void skipTestUnlessSupportsDeletes()
     {
         skipTestUnless(supportsCreateTable());
-        try (TestTable table = new TestTable(getQueryRunner()::execute, "test_supports_delete", "(col varchar(1))", ImmutableList.of("'a'", "'A'"))) {
+        try (TestTable table = new TestTable(getQueryRunner()::execute, "test_supports_delete", "(col varchar(1))")) {
             if (!supportsDelete()) {
                 assertQueryFails("DELETE FROM " + table.getName(), "This connector does not support deletes");
                 throw new SkipException("This connector does not support deletes");
diff --git a/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java b/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java
index 45ed82a49200..4b802e16f355 100644
--- a/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java
+++ b/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ public void verifySupportsDeleteDeclaration()
         }
 
         skipTestUnless(hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_CREATE_TABLE));
-        try (TestTable table = new TestTable(getQueryRunner()::execute, "test_supports_delete", "AS SELECT * FROM region")) {
+        try (TestTable table = new TestTable(getQueryRunner()::execute, "test_supports_delete", "(regionkey int)")) {
             assertQueryFails("DELETE FROM " + table.getName(), "This connector does not support deletes");
         }
     }
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ public void verifySupportsRowLevelDeleteDeclaration()
         }
 
         skipTestUnless(hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_CREATE_TABLE));
-        try (TestTable table = new TestTable(getQueryRunner()::execute, "test_supports_row_level_delete", "AS SELECT * FROM region")) {
+        try (TestTable table = new TestTable(getQueryRunner()::execute, "test_supports_row_level_delete", "(regionkey int)")) {
             assertQueryFails("DELETE FROM " + table.getName() + " WHERE regionkey = 2", "This connector does not support deletes");
         }
     }