diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/sanity_checker.rs b/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/sanity_checker.rs
index d3d3eb307139..6e37c3f40ffa 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/sanity_checker.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/sanity_checker.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ use datafusion_physical_plan::joins::SymmetricHashJoinExec;
 use datafusion_physical_plan::{get_plan_string, ExecutionPlanProperties};
 
 use datafusion_physical_optimizer::PhysicalOptimizerRule;
-use datafusion_physical_plan::sorts::sort::SortExec;
-use datafusion_physical_plan::union::UnionExec;
 use itertools::izip;
 
 /// The SanityCheckPlan rule rejects the following query plans:
@@ -127,14 +125,6 @@ pub fn check_plan_sanity(
         plan.required_input_ordering().iter(),
         plan.required_input_distribution().iter()
     ) {
-        // TEMP HACK WORKAROUND https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/11492
-        if child.as_any().downcast_ref::<UnionExec>().is_some() {
-            continue;
-        }
-        if child.as_any().downcast_ref::<SortExec>().is_some() {
-            continue;
-        }
-
         let child_eq_props = child.equivalence_properties();
         if let Some(child_sort_req) = child_sort_req {
             if !child_eq_props.ordering_satisfy_requirement(child_sort_req) {
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/union.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/union.slt
index d28e6d6e237b..288f99d82c10 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/union.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/union.slt
@@ -465,9 +465,6 @@ physical_plan
 # Clean up after the test
 ########
 
-statement ok
-drop table t
-
 statement ok
 drop table t1;
 
@@ -691,38 +688,3 @@ SELECT NULL WHERE FALSE;
 ----
 0.5
 1
-
-
-###
-# Test for https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/11492
-###
-
-# Input data is
-# a,b,c
-# 1,2,3
-
-statement ok
-CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE t (
-  a INT,
-  b INT,
-  c INT
-)
-STORED AS CSV
-LOCATION '../core/tests/data/example.csv'
-WITH ORDER (a ASC)
-OPTIONS ('format.has_header' 'true');
-
-query T
-SELECT (SELECT a from t ORDER BY a) UNION ALL (SELECT 'bar' as a from t) ORDER BY a;
-----
-1
-bar
-
-query I
-SELECT (SELECT a from t ORDER BY a) UNION ALL (SELECT NULL as a from t) ORDER BY a;
-----
-1
-NULL 
-
-statement ok
-drop table t