diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieTableMetadataWriter.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieTableMetadataWriter.java
index 0997f1dc925c2..7b3c4b73424a4 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieTableMetadataWriter.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieTableMetadataWriter.java
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ public interface HoodieTableMetadataWriter extends Serializable, AutoCloseable {
    * @param partitions - list of {@link MetadataPartitionType} to drop
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  void dropPartitions(String instantTime, List<MetadataPartitionType> partitions);
+  void deletePartitions(String instantTime, List<MetadataPartitionType> partitions);
 }
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/FlinkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/FlinkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
index a1e921c905a6f..d295ae384d1d7 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/FlinkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/FlinkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ protected void commit(String instantTime, Map<MetadataPartitionType, HoodieData<
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void dropPartitions(String instantTime, List<MetadataPartitionType> partitions) {
+  public void deletePartitions(String instantTime, List<MetadataPartitionType> partitions) {
     throw new HoodieNotSupportedException("Dropping metadata index not supported for Flink metadata table yet.");
   }
 }
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diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
index 3a1e469568d64..7d94b2d4f53f1 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ protected void commit(String instantTime, Map<MetadataPartitionType, HoodieData<
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void dropPartitions(String instantTime, List<MetadataPartitionType> partitions) {
+  public void deletePartitions(String instantTime, List<MetadataPartitionType> partitions) {
     List<String> partitionsToDrop = partitions.stream().map(MetadataPartitionType::getPartitionPath).collect(Collectors.toList());
-    LOG.warn("Deleting Metadata Table partitions: " + partitionsToDrop);
+    LOG.info("Deleting Metadata Table partitions: " + partitionsToDrop);
 
     try (SparkRDDWriteClient writeClient = new SparkRDDWriteClient(engineContext, metadataWriteConfig, true)) {
       String actionType = CommitUtils.getCommitActionType(WriteOperationType.DELETE_PARTITION, HoodieTableType.MERGE_ON_READ);
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieBackedMetadata.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieBackedMetadata.java
index 83b7aa43b08af..74c26a4f43284 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieBackedMetadata.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieBackedMetadata.java
@@ -482,12 +482,11 @@ public void testMetadataTableDeletePartition(HoodieTableType tableType) throws I
       records = dataGen.generateInserts(newCommitTime, 10);
       writeStatuses = client.upsert(jsc.parallelize(records, 1), newCommitTime).collect();
       assertNoWriteErrors(writeStatuses);
-      validateMetadata(client);
 
       // metadata writer to delete column_stats partition
       HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter metadataWriter = metadataWriter(client);
       assertNotNull(metadataWriter, "MetadataWriter should have been initialized");
-      metadataWriter.dropPartitions("0000003", Arrays.asList(MetadataPartitionType.COLUMN_STATS));
+      metadataWriter.deletePartitions("0000003", Arrays.asList(MetadataPartitionType.COLUMN_STATS));
 
       HoodieTableMetaClient metadataMetaClient = HoodieTableMetaClient.builder().setConf(hadoopConf).setBasePath(metadataTableBasePath).build();
       List<String> metadataTablePartitions = FSUtils.getAllPartitionPaths(engineContext, metadataMetaClient.getBasePath(), false, false);