diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_mysql/test/emqx_bridge_mysql_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_mysql/test/emqx_bridge_mysql_SUITE.erl
index a34b65ede..98b957b19 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_mysql/test/emqx_bridge_mysql_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_mysql/test/emqx_bridge_mysql_SUITE.erl
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8MB4;"
 ).
 -define(SQL_DROP_TABLE, "DROP TABLE mqtt_test").
--define(SQL_DELETE, "DELETE from mqtt_test").
 -define(SQL_SELECT, "SELECT payload FROM mqtt_test").
 
 % DB defaults
@@ -112,8 +111,8 @@ end_per_suite(_Config) ->
     ok.
 
 init_per_testcase(_Testcase, Config) ->
+    connect_and_drop_table(Config),
     connect_and_create_table(Config),
-    connect_and_clear_table(Config),
     delete_bridge(Config),
     snabbkaffe:start_trace(),
     Config.
@@ -122,9 +121,7 @@ end_per_testcase(_Testcase, Config) ->
     ProxyHost = ?config(proxy_host, Config),
     ProxyPort = ?config(proxy_port, Config),
     emqx_common_test_helpers:reset_proxy(ProxyHost, ProxyPort),
-    connect_and_clear_table(Config),
     ok = snabbkaffe:stop(),
-    delete_bridge(Config),
     emqx_common_test_helpers:call_janitor(),
     ok.
 
@@ -323,9 +320,6 @@ connect_and_create_table(Config) ->
 connect_and_drop_table(Config) ->
     query_direct_mysql(Config, ?SQL_DROP_TABLE).
 
-connect_and_clear_table(Config) ->
-    query_direct_mysql(Config, ?SQL_DELETE).
-
 connect_and_get_payload(Config) ->
     query_direct_mysql(Config, ?SQL_SELECT).
 
@@ -777,28 +771,21 @@ t_table_removed(Config) ->
     Name = ?config(mysql_name, Config),
     BridgeType = ?config(mysql_bridge_type, Config),
     ResourceID = emqx_bridge_resource:resource_id(BridgeType, Name),
-    ?check_trace(
-        begin
-            connect_and_create_table(Config),
-            ?assertMatch({ok, _}, create_bridge(Config)),
-            ?retry(
-                _Sleep = 1_000,
-                _Attempts = 20,
-                ?assertEqual({ok, connected}, emqx_resource_manager:health_check(ResourceID))
-            ),
-            connect_and_drop_table(Config),
-            Val = integer_to_binary(erlang:unique_integer()),
-            SentData = #{payload => Val, timestamp => 1668602148000},
-            Timeout = 1000,
-            ?assertMatch(
-                {error,
-                    {unrecoverable_error,
-                        {1146, <<"42S02">>, <<"Table 'mqtt.mqtt_test' doesn't exist">>}}},
-                sync_query_resource(Config, {send_message, SentData, [], Timeout})
-            ),
-            ok
-        end,
-        []
+    connect_and_create_table(Config),
+    ?assertMatch({ok, _}, create_bridge(Config)),
+    ?retry(
+        _Sleep = 1_000,
+        _Attempts = 20,
+        ?assertEqual({ok, connected}, emqx_resource_manager:health_check(ResourceID))
+    ),
+    connect_and_drop_table(Config),
+    Val = integer_to_binary(erlang:unique_integer()),
+    SentData = #{payload => Val, timestamp => 1668602148000},
+    Timeout = 1000,
+    ?assertMatch(
+        {error,
+            {unrecoverable_error, {1146, <<"42S02">>, <<"Table 'mqtt.mqtt_test' doesn't exist">>}}},
+        sync_query_resource(Config, {send_message, SentData, [], Timeout})
     ),
     ok.
 
@@ -807,38 +794,31 @@ t_nested_payload_template(Config) ->
     BridgeType = ?config(mysql_bridge_type, Config),
     ResourceID = emqx_bridge_resource:resource_id(BridgeType, Name),
     Value = integer_to_binary(erlang:unique_integer()),
-    ?check_trace(
-        begin
-            connect_and_create_table(Config),
-            {ok, _} = create_bridge(
-                Config,
-                #{
-                    <<"sql">> =>
-                        "INSERT INTO mqtt_test(payload, arrived) "
-                        "VALUES (${payload.value}, FROM_UNIXTIME(${timestamp}/1000))"
-                }
-            ),
-            {ok, #{<<"from">> := [Topic]}} = create_rule_and_action_http(Config),
-            ?retry(
-                _Sleep = 1_000,
-                _Attempts = 20,
-                ?assertEqual({ok, connected}, emqx_resource_manager:health_check(ResourceID))
-            ),
-            %% send message via rule action
-            Payload = emqx_utils_json:encode(#{value => Value}),
-            Message = emqx_message:make(Topic, Payload),
-            {_, {ok, _}} =
-                ?wait_async_action(
-                    emqx:publish(Message),
-                    #{?snk_kind := mysql_connector_query_return},
-                    10_000
-                ),
-            ?assertEqual(
-                {ok, [<<"payload">>], [[Value]]},
-                connect_and_get_payload(Config)
-            ),
-            ok
-        end,
-        []
+    {ok, _} = create_bridge(
+        Config,
+        #{
+            <<"sql">> =>
+                "INSERT INTO mqtt_test(payload, arrived) "
+                "VALUES (${payload.value}, FROM_UNIXTIME(${timestamp}/1000))"
+        }
+    ),
+    {ok, #{<<"from">> := [Topic]}} = create_rule_and_action_http(Config),
+    ?retry(
+        _Sleep = 1_000,
+        _Attempts = 20,
+        ?assertEqual({ok, connected}, emqx_resource_manager:health_check(ResourceID))
+    ),
+    %% send message via rule action
+    Payload = emqx_utils_json:encode(#{value => Value}),
+    Message = emqx_message:make(Topic, Payload),
+    {_, {ok, _}} =
+        ?wait_async_action(
+            emqx:publish(Message),
+            #{?snk_kind := mysql_connector_query_return},
+            10_000
+        ),
+    ?assertEqual(
+        {ok, [<<"payload">>], [[Value]]},
+        connect_and_get_payload(Config)
     ),
     ok.