diff --git a/connector/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ClientE2ETestSuite.scala b/connector/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ClientE2ETestSuite.scala
index 19391593d38ce..f2f1571452c0a 100644
--- a/connector/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ClientE2ETestSuite.scala
+++ b/connector/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ClientE2ETestSuite.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils
 import org.apache.commons.io.output.TeeOutputStream
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.{JavaVersion, SystemUtils}
 import org.scalactic.TolerantNumerics
 import org.scalatest.PrivateMethodTester
 
@@ -453,42 +452,6 @@ class ClientE2ETestSuite extends RemoteSparkSession with SQLHelper with PrivateM
     }
   }
 
-  test("write jdbc upsert") {
-    assume(IntegrationTestUtils.isSparkHiveJarAvailable)
-    if (SystemUtils.isJavaVersionAtLeast(JavaVersion.JAVA_9)) {
-      val url = "jdbc:derby:memory:1234"
-      val table = "upsert"
-      try {
-        spark
-          .range(10)
-          .select(col("id"), col("id").as("val"))
-          .write
-          .jdbc(url = s"$url;create=true", table, new Properties())
-        spark
-          .range(5, 15, 1, 10)
-          .withColumn("val", lit(-1))
-          .write
-          .options(Map("upsert" -> "true", "upsertKeyColumns" -> "id"))
-          .mode(SaveMode.Append)
-          .jdbc(url = url, table, new Properties())
-        val result = spark.read
-          .jdbc(url = url, table, new Properties())
-          .select((col("val") === -1).as("updated"))
-          .groupBy(col("updated"))
-          .count()
-          .sort(col("updated"))
-          .collect()
-        // we expect 5 unchanged rows (ids 0..4) and 10 updated rows (ids 5..14)
-        assert(result === Seq(Row(false, 5), Row(true, 10)))
-      } finally {
-        // clean up
-        assertThrows[SparkException] {
-          spark.read.jdbc(url = s"$url;drop=true", table, new Properties()).collect()
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   test("writeTo with create") {
     withTable("testcat.myTableV2") {
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/DerbyDialect.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/DerbyDialect.scala
index 22d967f77bb37..545cbf265bb09 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/DerbyDialect.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/DerbyDialect.scala
@@ -17,16 +17,15 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.jdbc
 
-import java.sql.{Statement, Types}
+import java.sql.Types
 import java.util.Locale
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.Identifier
 import org.apache.spark.sql.errors.{QueryCompilationErrors, QueryExecutionErrors}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.JdbcOptionsInWrite
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
 
-private object DerbyDialect extends JdbcDialect with MergeByTempTable {
+private object DerbyDialect extends JdbcDialect {
 
   override def canHandle(url: String): Boolean =
     url.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("jdbc:derby")
@@ -57,17 +56,6 @@ private object DerbyDialect extends JdbcDialect with MergeByTempTable {
 
   override def isCascadingTruncateTable(): Option[Boolean] = Some(false)
 
-  override def createTempTableName(): String = "SESSION." + super.createTempTableName()
-
-  override def createTempTable(
-      statement: Statement,
-      tableName: String,
-      strSchema: String,
-      options: JdbcOptionsInWrite): Unit = {
-    statement.executeUpdate(s"DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE $tableName ($strSchema) " +
-      s"ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS NOT LOGGED ON ROLLBACK DELETE ROWS")
-  }
-
   // See https://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.15/ref/rrefsqljrenametablestatement.html
   override def renameTable(oldTable: Identifier, newTable: Identifier): String = {
     if (!oldTable.namespace().sameElements(newTable.namespace())) {