diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/stats/VerifierMetricsTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/sql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/stats/VerifierMetricsTests.java
index 3f50915f986..5d263ec4585 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/stats/VerifierMetricsTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/stats/VerifierMetricsTests.java
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ public class VerifierMetricsTests extends ESTestCase {
     
     private SqlParser parser = new SqlParser();
     private String[] commands = {"SHOW FUNCTIONS", "SHOW COLUMNS FROM library", "SHOW SCHEMAS",
-                                 "SHOW TABLES", "SYS CATALOGS", "SYS COLUMNS LIKE '%name'",
-                                 "SYS TABLES", "SYS TYPES"};
+                                 "SHOW TABLES", "SYS COLUMNS LIKE '%name'", "SYS TABLES", "SYS TYPES"};
     
     public void testWhereQuery() {
         Counters c = sql("SELECT emp_no FROM test WHERE languages > 2");