diff --git a/google/cloud/dataproc_spark_connect/session.py b/google/cloud/dataproc_spark_connect/session.py
index 8d8d9f2..5a89831 100644
--- a/google/cloud/dataproc_spark_connect/session.py
+++ b/google/cloud/dataproc_spark_connect/session.py
@@ -721,8 +721,6 @@ def _get_dataproc_config(self):
                     # Merge default configs with existing properties,
                     # user configs take precedence
                     for k, v in {
-                        "spark.datasource.bigquery.viewsEnabled": "true",
-                        "spark.datasource.bigquery.writeMethod": "direct",
                         "spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog": "com.google.cloud.spark.bigquery.BigQuerySparkSessionCatalog",
                         "spark.sql.sources.default": "bigquery",
                     }.items():