diff --git a/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go b/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
index ec9c987247..97ecc65fac 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
@@ -1480,8 +1480,8 @@ func (s PeerFlowE2ETestSuiteBQ) Test_Soft_Delete_IUD_Same_Batch() {
 	// verify our updates and delete happened
 	e2e.RequireEqualTables(s, "test_softdel_iud", "id,c1,c2,t")
 
-	newerSyncedAtQuery := fmt.Sprintf(`
-		SELECT COUNT(*) FROM`+"`%s.%s`"+`WHERE _PEERDB_IS_DELETED`,
+	newerSyncedAtQuery := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `%s.%s` WHERE _PEERDB_IS_DELETED",
 		s.bqHelper.Config.DatasetId, dstTableName)
 	numNewRows, err := s.bqHelper.RunInt64Query(newerSyncedAtQuery)
 	require.NoError(s.t, err)
@@ -1555,32 +1555,26 @@ func (s PeerFlowE2ETestSuiteBQ) Test_Soft_Delete_UD_Same_Batch() {
 		e2e.EnvNoError(s.t, env, insertTx.Commit(context.Background()))
 
 		e2e.EnvWaitFor(s.t, env, 2*time.Minute, "normalize transaction", func() bool {
-			rows2, _ := s.GetRows(dstName, "id,c1,c2,_PEERDB_IS_DELETED")
-			s.t.Log("ROWS", rows2)
-
 			pgRows, err := e2e.GetPgRows(s.pool, s.bqSuffix, srcName, "id,c1,c2,t")
 			e2e.EnvNoError(s.t, env, err)
 			rows, err := s.GetRowsWhere(dstName, "id,c1,c2,t", "NOT _PEERDB_IS_DELETED")
 			if err != nil {
 				return false
 			}
-			if !e2eshared.CheckEqualRecordBatches(s.t, pgRows, rows) {
-				return false
-			}
-
-			newerSyncedAtQuery := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `%s.%s` WHERE _PEERDB_IS_DELETED",
-				s.bqHelper.Config.DatasetId, dstName)
-			numNewRows, err := s.bqHelper.RunInt64Query(newerSyncedAtQuery)
-			e2e.EnvNoError(s.t, env, err)
-			s.t.Log("waiting on _PEERDB_IS_DELETED to be 1, currently", numNewRows)
-			return err == nil && numNewRows == 1
+			return e2eshared.CheckEqualRecordBatches(s.t, pgRows, rows)
 		})
 
 		env.CancelWorkflow()
 	}()
 
 	env.ExecuteWorkflow(peerflow.CDCFlowWorkflowWithConfig, config, &limits, nil)
+
+	newerSyncedAtQuery := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `%s.%s` WHERE _PEERDB_IS_DELETED",
+		s.bqHelper.Config.DatasetId, dstName)
+	numNewRows, err := s.bqHelper.RunInt64Query(newerSyncedAtQuery)
+	require.NoError(s.t, err)
+	require.Equal(s.t, int64(0), numNewRows)
 }
 
 func (s PeerFlowE2ETestSuiteBQ) Test_Soft_Delete_Insert_After_Delete() {