diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/10.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/10.aql
index 7878583..2d71d87 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/10.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/10.aql
@@ -11,18 +11,14 @@
   misc: string
 }
 
-
-create nodegroup group1 if not exists on nc1;
-
 create dataset DBLP1(DBLPType) 
-  partitioned by key id on group1;
+  partitioned by key id;
 
 // drop dataset DBLP1;
 load dataset DBLP1
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
 (("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":"));
 
-
 write output to nc1:"rttest/scan_10.adm";
 
 for $paper in dataset('DBLP1')
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/20.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/20.aql
index a07aab2..675f26d 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/20.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/20.aql
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@
   misc: string
 }
 
-create nodegroup group1 if not exists on nc1;
-
 create dataset DBLPadm(DBLPType) 
-  partitioned by key id on group1;
+  partitioned by key id;
 
 // drop dataset DBLPadm;
 load dataset DBLPadm 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/30.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/30.aql
index 057bdae..04238ef 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/30.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/30.aql
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
   misc: string
 }
 
-create nodegroup group1 if not exists on nc1;
-
 create external dataset DBLPsplits(DBLPType) 
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
 (("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small.adm"),("format"="adm")); 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/alltypes_01.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/alltypes_01.aql
index e772502..0800ce4 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/alltypes_01.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/alltypes_01.aql
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 create dataverse test;
 use dataverse test;
 
-
 create type AddressType as open {
   number: int32, 
   street: string,
   city: string
 }
 
-
 create type AllType as open {
   id: int32,
   name: string,
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@
   // union
 }
 
-
 create external dataset All(AllType)
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
 (("path"="nc1://data/nontagged/allData.json"),("format"="adm"));
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/numeric_types_01.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/numeric_types_01.aql
index f716d1c..07586f4 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/numeric_types_01.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/numeric_types_01.aql
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   doubleField: double?
 }
 
-
 create external dataset Numeric(NumericType)
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
 (("path"="nc1://data/nontagged/numericData.adm"),("format"="adm"));
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/spatial_types_01.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/spatial_types_01.aql
index 1ad5244..248149f 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/spatial_types_01.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/spatial_types_01.aql
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 create dataverse test;
 use dataverse test;
 
-
 create type SpatialType as open {
   id: int32,
   point: point,
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/spatial_types_02.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/spatial_types_02.aql
index 6bca691..ea06b96 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/spatial_types_02.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/spatial_types_02.aql
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@
   circle: circle
 }
 
-create nodegroup group1 on nc1;
-
 create dataset Spatial2(SpatialType) 
-	partitioned by key id on group1;
+	partitioned by key id;
 
 load dataset Spatial2 
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/temp_types_02.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/temp_types_02.aql
index 22289ef..064385c 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/temp_types_02.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/scan/temp_types_02.aql
@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@
   duration: duration
 }
 
-create nodegroup group1 on nc1;
-
 create dataset Temp2(TempType) 
-	partitioned by key id on group1;
+	partitioned by key id;
 
 load dataset Temp2 
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
 (("path"="nc1://data/nontagged/tempData.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
        
 write output to nc1:"rttest/scan_temp_types_02.adm";