diff --git a/tests/parallel_test/cases.task b/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
index 667ffa98abaa1fc47ee1ffa368a9612835c39643..f7b616ab1d456b287af18c613af43cb5938c00fb 100644
--- a/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
+++ b/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@
 24,,script,./test.sh -f general/connection/test_old_data.sim 
 24,,script,./test.sh -f general/cache/restart_metrics.sim 
 24,,script,./test.sh -f general/alter/insert2.sim 
-24,,pytest,python3 test.py -f multilevel/addAnotherLevel.py 
 24,,pytest,python3 test.py -f tag_lite/datatype-without-alter.py 
 23,,script,./test.sh -f general/parser/select_from_cache_disk.sim 
 23,,script,./test.sh -f general/parser/mixed_blocks.sim 
@@ -288,7 +287,6 @@
 20,,pytest,python3 test.py -f table/create.py 
 19,,script,./test.sh -f unique/stable/dnode2.sim 
 19,,script,./test.sh -f general/db/vnodes.sim 
-19,,pytest,python3 test.py -f multilevel/addAnotherDir.py 
 19,,pytest,python3 test.py -f tools/taosdumpTest3.py 
 19,,pytest,python3 test.py -f query/udf.py 
 19,,pytest,python3 test.py -f import_merge/importLastTPO.py 
diff --git a/tests/pytest/multilevel/addAnotherDir.py b/tests/pytest/multilevel/addAnotherDir.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 66a0a72010ddc0041e0b7900a24a3f66894ab260..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tests/pytest/multilevel/addAnotherDir.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-###################################################################
-#       Copyright (c) 2016 by TAOS Technologies, Inc.
-#             All rights reserved.
-#
-#  This file is proprietary and confidential to TAOS Technologies.
-#  No part of this file may be reproduced, stored, transmitted,
-#  disclosed or used in any form or by any means other than as
-#  expressly provided by the written permission from Jianhui Tao
-#
-###################################################################
-
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-import sys
-import taos
-from util.log import *
-from util.cases import *
-from util.sql import *
-from util.dnodes import *
-
-
-class TDTestCase:
-    
-    def init(self, conn, logSql):
-        tdLog.debug("start to execute %s" % __file__)
-        tdSql.init(conn.cursor(), logSql)
-
-    def run(self):        
-        cfg={
-            'monitor': 1,
-            '/mnt/data1 0 1' : 'dataDir'
-        }
-        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data1')
-
-        tdLog.info("================= step1")
-        tdDnodes.stop(1)
-        tdDnodes.deploy(1,cfg)
-        tdDnodes.start(1)
-
-        tdSql.execute("create database db")
-        tdSql.execute("create table db.tb (ts timestamp, f1 int)")
-        sql = "insert into db.tb values "
-        ts = 1622390400000
-        for i in range(1000):
-            sql += "(%d, %d)" % (ts + i, i)
-        tdSql.execute(sql)
-
-        tdDnodes.stop(1)
-        tdDnodes.cfg(1, 'dataDir', '/mnt/data2 0 0')
-        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data2')
-        tdDnodes.start(1)
-
-        tdSql.query("select * from db.tb")
-        tdSql.checkRows(1000)
-              
-
-    def stop(self):
-        tdSql.close()
-        os.system("rm -rf /mnt/data1")
-        os.system("rm -rf /mnt/data2")
-        tdLog.success("%s successfully executed" % __file__)
-
-
-tdCases.addWindows(__file__, TDTestCase())
-tdCases.addLinux(__file__, TDTestCase())
diff --git a/tests/pytest/multilevel/addAnotherLevel.py b/tests/pytest/multilevel/addAnotherLevel.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e949296952f35bd76a060a37b0a3da7179eb8db9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tests/pytest/multilevel/addAnotherLevel.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-###################################################################
-#       Copyright (c) 2016 by TAOS Technologies, Inc.
-#             All rights reserved.
-#
-#  This file is proprietary and confidential to TAOS Technologies.
-#  No part of this file may be reproduced, stored, transmitted,
-#  disclosed or used in any form or by any means other than as
-#  expressly provided by the written permission from Jianhui Tao
-#
-###################################################################
-
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-import sys
-import taos
-from util.log import *
-from util.cases import *
-from util.sql import *
-from util.dnodes import *
-
-
-class TDTestCase:
-    
-    def init(self, conn, logSql):
-        tdLog.debug("start to execute %s" % __file__)
-        tdSql.init(conn.cursor(), logSql)
-
-    def run(self):        
-        cfg={
-            '/mnt/data1 0 1' : 'dataDir'
-        }
-        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data1')
-
-        tdLog.info("================= step1")
-        tdDnodes.stop(1)
-        tdDnodes.deploy(1,cfg)
-        tdDnodes.start(1)
-
-        tdSql.execute("create database db")
-        tdSql.execute("create table db.tb (ts timestamp, f1 int)")
-
-        tdDnodes.stop(1)
-        tdDnodes.cfg(1, 'dataDir', '/mnt/data2 1 0')
-        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data2')
-        tdDnodes.start(1)
-
-        tdSql.execute("insert into db.tb values('2015-1-1', 1);")
-        tdSql.execute("alter database db keep 365,3650,3650")
-
-        tdDnodes.stop(1)
-        
-        tdLog.info("================= step2")        
-        tdSql.haveFile('/mnt/data2',1)
-        
-
-    def stop(self):
-        tdSql.close()
-        os.system("rm -rf /mnt/data1")
-        os.system("rm -rf /mnt/data2")
-        tdLog.success("%s successfully executed" % __file__)
-
-
-tdCases.addWindows(__file__, TDTestCase())
-tdCases.addLinux(__file__, TDTestCase())