diff --git a/src/tests/simulation/tests/integration_tests/recovery/background_ddl.rs b/src/tests/simulation/tests/integration_tests/recovery/background_ddl.rs
index 010b06389325c..1a3742c1c1769 100644
--- a/src/tests/simulation/tests/integration_tests/recovery/background_ddl.rs
+++ b/src/tests/simulation/tests/integration_tests/recovery/background_ddl.rs
@@ -32,20 +32,9 @@ const DROP_MV1: &str = "DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW mv1;";
 const WAIT: &str = "WAIT;";
 
 async fn kill_cn_and_wait_recover(cluster: &Cluster) {
-    // Kill it again
-    for _ in 0..5 {
-        cluster
-            .kill_node(&KillOpts {
-                kill_rate: 1.0,
-                kill_meta: false,
-                kill_frontend: false,
-                kill_compute: true,
-                kill_compactor: false,
-                restart_delay_secs: 1,
-            })
-            .await;
-        sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
-    }
+    cluster
+        .kill_nodes(["compute-1", "compute-2", "compute-3"], 0)
+        .await;
     sleep(Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
 }
 
@@ -198,10 +187,7 @@ async fn test_foreground_ddl_no_recovery() -> Result<()> {
     sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
 
     // Kill CN should stop the job
-    cluster
-        .kill_nodes(["compute-1", "compute-2", "compute-3"], 0)
-        .await;
-    sleep(Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
+    kill_cn_and_wait_recover(&cluster).await;
 
     // Create MV should succeed, since the previous foreground job should be cancelled.
     session.run(SET_RATE_LIMIT_2).await?;
@@ -257,7 +243,7 @@ async fn test_foreground_sink_cancel() -> Result<()> {
     let mut session2 = cluster.start_session();
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         session2.run(SET_RATE_LIMIT_2).await.unwrap();
-        let result = session2.run("CREATE SINK s ON t (v1);").await;
+        let result = session2.run("CREATE SINK s FROM t WITH (connector='blackhole');").await;
         assert!(result.is_err());
     });
 
@@ -269,7 +255,7 @@ async fn test_foreground_sink_cancel() -> Result<()> {
 
     // Create MV should succeed, since the previous foreground job should be cancelled.
     session.run(SET_RATE_LIMIT_2).await?;
-    session.run("CREATE SINK s ON t (v1);").await?;
+    session.run("CREATE SINK s FROM t WITH (connector='blackhole');").await?;
 
     session.run("DROP SINK s;").await?;
     session.run(DROP_TABLE).await?;