diff --git a/flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/SortJsonPlanTest.java b/flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/SortJsonPlanTest.java
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--- a/flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/SortJsonPlanTest.java
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@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.flink.table.planner.plan.nodes.exec.stream;
-
-import org.apache.flink.table.api.TableConfig;
-import org.apache.flink.table.api.TableEnvironment;
-import org.apache.flink.table.planner.utils.StreamTableTestUtil;
-import org.apache.flink.table.planner.utils.TableTestBase;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-/** Test json serialization for sort limit. */
-class SortJsonPlanTest extends TableTestBase {
-
-    private StreamTableTestUtil util;
-    private TableEnvironment tEnv;
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    void setup() {
-        util = streamTestUtil(TableConfig.getDefault());
-        tEnv = util.getTableEnv();
-
-        String srcTableDdl =
-                "CREATE TABLE MyTable (\n"
-                        + "  a bigint,\n"
-                        + "  b int not null,\n"
-                        + "  c varchar,\n"
-                        + "  d timestamp(3)\n"
-                        + ") with (\n"
-                        + "  'connector' = 'values',\n"
-                        + "  'bounded' = 'false')";
-        tEnv.executeSql(srcTableDdl);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testSort() {
-        String sinkTableDdl =
-                "CREATE TABLE MySink (\n"
-                        + "  a bigint,\n"
-                        + "  b bigint\n"
-                        + ") with (\n"
-                        + "  'connector' = 'values',\n"
-                        + "  'sink-insert-only' = 'false',\n"
-                        + "  'table-sink-class' = 'DEFAULT')";
-        tEnv.executeSql(sinkTableDdl);
-        String sql = "insert into MySink SELECT a, a from MyTable order by b";
-        util.verifyJsonPlan(sql);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/resources/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/SortJsonPlanTest_jsonplan/testSort.out b/flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/resources/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/SortJsonPlanTest_jsonplan/testSort.out
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--- a/flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/resources/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/SortJsonPlanTest_jsonplan/testSort.out
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-{
-  "flinkVersion" : "",
-  "nodes" : [ {
-    "id" : 1,
-    "type" : "stream-exec-table-source-scan_1",
-    "scanTableSource" : {
-      "table" : {
-        "identifier" : "`default_catalog`.`default_database`.`MyTable`",
-        "resolvedTable" : {
-          "schema" : {
-            "columns" : [ {
-              "name" : "a",
-              "dataType" : "BIGINT"
-            }, {
-              "name" : "b",
-              "dataType" : "INT NOT NULL"
-            }, {
-              "name" : "c",
-              "dataType" : "VARCHAR(2147483647)"
-            }, {
-              "name" : "d",
-              "dataType" : "TIMESTAMP(3)"
-            } ],
-            "watermarkSpecs" : [ ]
-          },
-          "partitionKeys" : [ ],
-          "options" : {
-            "bounded" : "false",
-            "connector" : "values"
-          }
-        }
-      },
-      "abilities" : [ {
-        "type" : "ProjectPushDown",
-        "projectedFields" : [ [ 0 ], [ 1 ] ],
-        "producedType" : "ROW<`a` BIGINT, `b` INT NOT NULL> NOT NULL"
-      }, {
-        "type" : "ReadingMetadata",
-        "metadataKeys" : [ ],
-        "producedType" : "ROW<`a` BIGINT, `b` INT NOT NULL> NOT NULL"
-      } ]
-    },
-    "outputType" : "ROW<`a` BIGINT, `b` INT NOT NULL>",
-    "description" : "TableSourceScan(table=[[default_catalog, default_database, MyTable, project=[a, b], metadata=[]]], fields=[a, b])",
-    "inputProperties" : [ ]
-  }, {
-    "id" : 2,
-    "type" : "stream-exec-exchange_1",
-    "inputProperties" : [ {
-      "requiredDistribution" : {
-        "type" : "SINGLETON"
-      },
-      "damBehavior" : "PIPELINED",
-      "priority" : 0
-    } ],
-    "outputType" : "ROW<`a` BIGINT, `b` INT NOT NULL>",
-    "description" : "Exchange(distribution=[single])"
-  }, {
-    "id" : 3,
-    "type" : "stream-exec-sort_1",
-    "orderBy" : {
-      "fields" : [ {
-        "index" : 1,
-        "isAscending" : true,
-        "nullIsLast" : false
-      } ]
-    },
-    "inputProperties" : [ {
-      "requiredDistribution" : {
-        "type" : "UNKNOWN"
-      },
-      "damBehavior" : "PIPELINED",
-      "priority" : 0
-    } ],
-    "outputType" : "ROW<`a` BIGINT, `b` INT NOT NULL>",
-    "description" : "Sort(orderBy=[b ASC])"
-  }, {
-    "id" : 4,
-    "type" : "stream-exec-calc_1",
-    "projection" : [ {
-      "kind" : "INPUT_REF",
-      "inputIndex" : 0,
-      "type" : "BIGINT"
-    }, {
-      "kind" : "INPUT_REF",
-      "inputIndex" : 0,
-      "type" : "BIGINT"
-    } ],
-    "condition" : null,
-    "inputProperties" : [ {
-      "requiredDistribution" : {
-        "type" : "UNKNOWN"
-      },
-      "damBehavior" : "PIPELINED",
-      "priority" : 0
-    } ],
-    "outputType" : "ROW<`a` BIGINT, `a1` BIGINT>",
-    "description" : "Calc(select=[a, a AS a1])"
-  }, {
-    "id" : 5,
-    "type" : "stream-exec-sink_1",
-    "configuration" : {
-      "table.exec.sink.keyed-shuffle" : "AUTO",
-      "table.exec.sink.not-null-enforcer" : "ERROR",
-      "table.exec.sink.rowtime-inserter" : "ENABLED",
-      "table.exec.sink.type-length-enforcer" : "IGNORE",
-      "table.exec.sink.upsert-materialize" : "AUTO"
-    },
-    "dynamicTableSink" : {
-      "table" : {
-        "identifier" : "`default_catalog`.`default_database`.`MySink`",
-        "resolvedTable" : {
-          "schema" : {
-            "columns" : [ {
-              "name" : "a",
-              "dataType" : "BIGINT"
-            }, {
-              "name" : "b",
-              "dataType" : "BIGINT"
-            } ],
-            "watermarkSpecs" : [ ]
-          },
-          "partitionKeys" : [ ],
-          "options" : {
-            "connector" : "values",
-            "sink-insert-only" : "false",
-            "table-sink-class" : "DEFAULT"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "inputChangelogMode" : [ "INSERT" ],
-    "inputProperties" : [ {
-      "requiredDistribution" : {
-        "type" : "UNKNOWN"
-      },
-      "damBehavior" : "PIPELINED",
-      "priority" : 0
-    } ],
-    "outputType" : "ROW<`a` BIGINT, `a1` BIGINT>",
-    "description" : "Sink(table=[default_catalog.default_database.MySink], fields=[a, a1])"
-  } ],
-  "edges" : [ {
-    "source" : 1,
-    "target" : 2,
-    "shuffle" : {
-      "type" : "FORWARD"
-    },
-    "shuffleMode" : "PIPELINED"
-  }, {
-    "source" : 2,
-    "target" : 3,
-    "shuffle" : {
-      "type" : "FORWARD"
-    },
-    "shuffleMode" : "PIPELINED"
-  }, {
-    "source" : 3,
-    "target" : 4,
-    "shuffle" : {
-      "type" : "FORWARD"
-    },
-    "shuffleMode" : "PIPELINED"
-  }, {
-    "source" : 4,
-    "target" : 5,
-    "shuffle" : {
-      "type" : "FORWARD"
-    },
-    "shuffleMode" : "PIPELINED"
-  } ]
-}