diff --git a/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs b/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs
index 854de53f37708..5f5227e8090d1 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs
@@ -1177,9 +1177,7 @@ impl GlobalBarrierManager {
                     // Update the progress of all commands.
                     for progress in resps.iter().flat_map(|r| &r.create_mview_progress) {
                         // Those with actors complete can be finished immediately.
-                        if let Some(command) = tracker.update(progress, &version_stats)
-                            && !command.tracks_sink()
-                        {
+                        if let Some(command) = tracker.update(progress, &version_stats) {
                             tracing::trace!(?progress, "finish progress");
                             commands.push(command);
                         } else {
diff --git a/src/meta/src/barrier/progress.rs b/src/meta/src/barrier/progress.rs
index fede60d5eb939..ba1e11c9c6fa3 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/barrier/progress.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/barrier/progress.rs
@@ -223,13 +223,6 @@ impl TrackingJob {
             TrackingJob::Recovered(recovered) => Some(recovered.fragments.table_id()),
         }
     }
-
-    pub(crate) fn tracks_sink(&self) -> bool {
-        match self {
-            TrackingJob::New(command) => command.tracks_sink(),
-            TrackingJob::Recovered(_) => false,
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 pub struct RecoveredTrackingJob {
@@ -247,15 +240,6 @@ pub(super) struct TrackingCommand {
     pub notifiers: Vec<Notifier>,
 }
 
-impl TrackingCommand {
-    pub fn tracks_sink(&self) -> bool {
-        match &self.context.command {
-            Command::CreateStreamingJob { ddl_type, .. } => *ddl_type == DdlType::Sink,
-            _ => false,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Track the progress of all creating mviews. When creation is done, `notify_finished` will be
 /// called on registered notifiers.
 ///
@@ -443,20 +427,6 @@ impl CreateMviewProgressTracker {
             definition,
         );
         if *ddl_type == DdlType::Sink {
-            // First we duplicate a separate tracking job for sink.
-            // This does not need notifiers, it is solely used for
-            // tracking the backfill progress of sink.
-            // It will still be removed from progress map when
-            // backfill completes.
-            let tracking_job = TrackingJob::New(TrackingCommand {
-                context: command.context.clone(),
-                notifiers: vec![],
-            });
-            let old = self
-                .progress_map
-                .insert(creating_mv_id, (progress, tracking_job));
-            assert!(old.is_none());
-
             // We return the original tracking job immediately.
             // This is because sink can be decoupled with backfill progress.
             // We don't need to wait for sink to finish backfill.