diff --git a/lib/connection/statement.js b/lib/connection/statement.js
index 980b402d1..130d6bc30 100644
--- a/lib/connection/statement.js
+++ b/lib/connection/statement.js
@@ -397,35 +397,14 @@ function createContextPreExec(
   Errors.assertInternal(Util.isObject(services));
   Errors.assertInternal(Util.isObject(connectionConfig));
 
-  // if we're not in qa mode, use a random uuid for the statement request id
-  // or use request id passed by user
-  if (!connectionConfig.isQaMode())
-  {
-    if (statementOptions.requestId)
-    {
-      statementContext.requestId = statementOptions.requestId;
-      statementContext.resubmitRequest = true;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      statementContext.requestId = uuidv4();
-    }
+  // use request id passed by user
+  if (statementOptions.requestId) {
+    statementContext.requestId = statementOptions.requestId;
+    statementContext.resubmitRequest = true;
   }
-  else // we're in qa mode
-  {
-    // if a request id or sequence id are specified in the statement options,
-    // use them as is; this is to facilitate testing by making things more
-    // deterministic
-    if (Util.isString(statementOptions.requestId))
-    {
-      statementContext.requestId = statementOptions.requestId;
-    }
-
-    // SNOW-728803: In QA mode, set resubmitRequest to true to test that sqlText
-    // is not overwritten if a sqlText is already specified by the user
-    if (statementOptions.requestId === 'SNOW-728803-requestId') {
-      statementContext.resubmitRequest = true;
-    }
+  else {
+    // use a random uuid for the statement request id
+    statementContext.requestId = uuidv4();
   }
 
   return statementContext;
diff --git a/test/unit/mock/mock_http_client.js b/test/unit/mock/mock_http_client.js
index 579d58f68..0f9e7c5bc 100644
--- a/test/unit/mock/mock_http_client.js
+++ b/test/unit/mock/mock_http_client.js
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ function buildRequestOutputMappings(clientInfo)
       request:
         {
           method: 'POST',
-          url: 'http://fakeaccount.snowflakecomputing.com/queries/v1/query-request?requestId=',
+          url: 'http://fakeaccount.snowflakecomputing.com/queries/v1/query-request?requestId=SNOW-728803-requestId',
           headers:
             {
               'Accept': 'application/snowflake',
@@ -723,14 +723,21 @@ function buildRequestOutputMappings(clientInfo)
           err: null,
           response:
             {
-              statusCode: 401,
-              statusMessage: 'Unauthorized',
+              statusCode: 200,
+              statusMessage: 'OK',
               body:
                 {
-                  'data' : null,
-                  'code': '390103',
-                  'message': 'Session token not found in the request data.',
-                  'success': false,
+                  'data':
+                  {
+                    'parameters': [],
+                    'rowtype': [],
+                    'rowset': [['1']],
+                    'total': 1,
+                    'returned': 1
+                  },
+                  'message': null,
+                  'code': null,
+                  'success': true
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -766,48 +773,6 @@ function buildRequestOutputMappings(clientInfo)
             }
         }
     },
-    {
-      request:
-        {
-          method: 'POST',
-          url: 'http://fakeaccount.snowflakecomputing.com/queries/v1/query-request?requestId=SNOW-728803-requestId',
-          headers:
-            {
-              'Accept': 'application/snowflake',
-              'Authorization': 'Snowflake Token="SESSION_TOKEN"',
-              'Content-Type': 'application/json'
-            },
-          json:
-            {
-              disableOfflineChunks: false,
-              sqlText: 'select 1;',
-              queryContextDTO: { entries: [] }
-            }
-        },
-      output:
-        {
-          err: null,
-          response:
-            {
-              statusCode: 200,
-              statusMessage: 'OK',
-              body:
-                {
-                  'data':
-                    {
-                      'parameters': [],
-                      'rowtype': [],
-                      'rowset': [['1']],
-                      'total': 1,
-                      'returned': 1
-                    },
-                  'message': null,
-                  'code': null,
-                  'success': true
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    },
     {
       request:
         {
diff --git a/test/unit/snowflake_test.js b/test/unit/snowflake_test.js
index 06edd2422..29c02410d 100644
--- a/test/unit/snowflake_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/snowflake_test.js
@@ -956,21 +956,7 @@ describe('connection.execute() with requestId', function () {
           });
         },
         function (callback) {
-          // 1st request fails with an error
-          statement = connection.execute(
-            {
-              sqlText: sqlText,
-              complete: function (err, stmt) {
-                assert.ok(err, 'there should be an error');
-                assert.strictEqual(stmt, statement,
-                  'the execute() callback should be invoked with the statement');
-
-                callback();
-              }
-            });
-        },
-        function (callback) {
-          // 2nd request with sqlText and requestId specified
+          // request with sqlText and requestId specified
           statement = connection.execute(
             {
               sqlText: sqlText,