diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema.py
index e277d9f0c6..2ca8fe3ec3 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import logging
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, cast
 
 from google.cloud import bigquery
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ from datahub.ingestion.source.sql.sql_generic import BaseColumn, BaseTable, Base
 logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class BigqueryTableType(Enum):
+class BigqueryTableType:
     # See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/information-schema-tables#schema
     BASE_TABLE = "BASE TABLE"
     EXTERNAL = "EXTERNAL"
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigquery_source.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigquery_source.py
index d464af5d10..02e2d8a580 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigquery_source.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigquery_source.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.bigquery_config import BigQueryV2Confi
 from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.bigquery_schema import (
     BigQueryDataDictionary,
     BigqueryProject,
-    BigqueryTableType,
     BigqueryView,
 )
 from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.lineage import LineageEdge
@@ -464,7 +463,7 @@ def test_get_views_for_dataset(
             last_altered=bigquery_view_1.last_altered,
             comment=bigquery_view_1.comment,
             view_definition=bigquery_view_1.view_definition,
-            table_type=BigqueryTableType.VIEW,
+            table_type="VIEW",
         )
     )
     row2 = create_row(  # Materialized view, no last_altered
@@ -473,7 +472,7 @@ def test_get_views_for_dataset(
             created=bigquery_view_2.created,
             comment=bigquery_view_2.comment,
             view_definition=bigquery_view_2.view_definition,
-            table_type=BigqueryTableType.MATERIALIZED_VIEW,
+            table_type="MATERIALIZED VIEW",
         )
     )
     query_mock.return_value = [row1, row2]