diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/sql/describe.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/sql/describe.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index cd8e79b2c93b..000000000000
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/sql/describe.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-// distributed with this work for additional information
-// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-// specific language governing permissions and limitations
-// under the License.
-
-use datafusion::assert_batches_eq;
-use datafusion::prelude::*;
-use datafusion_common::test_util::parquet_test_data;
-
-#[tokio::test]
-async fn describe_plan() {
-    let ctx = parquet_context().await;
-
-    let query = "describe alltypes_tiny_pages";
-    let results = ctx.sql(query).await.unwrap().collect().await.unwrap();
-
-    let expected = vec![
-        "+-----------------+-----------------------------+-------------+",
-        "| column_name     | data_type                   | is_nullable |",
-        "+-----------------+-----------------------------+-------------+",
-        "| id              | Int32                       | YES         |",
-        "| bool_col        | Boolean                     | YES         |",
-        "| tinyint_col     | Int8                        | YES         |",
-        "| smallint_col    | Int16                       | YES         |",
-        "| int_col         | Int32                       | YES         |",
-        "| bigint_col      | Int64                       | YES         |",
-        "| float_col       | Float32                     | YES         |",
-        "| double_col      | Float64                     | YES         |",
-        "| date_string_col | Utf8                        | YES         |",
-        "| string_col      | Utf8                        | YES         |",
-        "| timestamp_col   | Timestamp(Nanosecond, None) | YES         |",
-        "| year            | Int32                       | YES         |",
-        "| month           | Int32                       | YES         |",
-        "+-----------------+-----------------------------+-------------+",
-    ];
-
-    assert_batches_eq!(expected, &results);
-
-    // also ensure we plan Describe via SessionState
-    let state = ctx.state();
-    let plan = state.create_logical_plan(query).await.unwrap();
-    let df = DataFrame::new(state, plan);
-    let results = df.collect().await.unwrap();
-
-    assert_batches_eq!(expected, &results);
-}
-
-/// Return a SessionContext with parquet file registered
-async fn parquet_context() -> SessionContext {
-    let ctx = SessionContext::new();
-    let testdata = parquet_test_data();
-    ctx.register_parquet(
-        "alltypes_tiny_pages",
-        &format!("{testdata}/alltypes_tiny_pages.parquet"),
-        ParquetReadOptions::default(),
-    )
-    .await
-    .unwrap();
-    ctx
-}
diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/sql/mod.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/sql/mod.rs
index 1d58bba876f1..cb6cbab11c2f 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/sql/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/sql/mod.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ macro_rules! test_expression {
 pub mod aggregates;
 pub mod create_drop;
 pub mod csv_files;
-pub mod describe;
 pub mod explain_analyze;
 pub mod expr;
 pub mod group_by;
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/describe.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/describe.slt
index 007aec443cbc..f94a2e453884 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/describe.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/describe.slt
@@ -62,3 +62,27 @@ DROP TABLE aggregate_simple;
 
 statement error Error during planning: table 'datafusion.public.../core/tests/data/aggregate_simple.csv' not found
 DESCRIBE '../core/tests/data/aggregate_simple.csv';
+
+##########
+# Describe command
+##########
+
+statement ok
+CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE alltypes_tiny_pages STORED AS PARQUET LOCATION '../../parquet-testing/data/alltypes_tiny_pages.parquet';
+
+query TTT
+describe alltypes_tiny_pages;
+----
+id Int32 YES
+bool_col Boolean YES
+tinyint_col Int8 YES
+smallint_col Int16 YES
+int_col Int32 YES
+bigint_col Int64 YES
+float_col Float32 YES
+double_col Float64 YES
+date_string_col Utf8 YES
+string_col Utf8 YES
+timestamp_col Timestamp(Nanosecond, None) YES
+year Int32 YES
+month Int32 YES