diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/README.md b/metadata-ingestion/README.md
index 75ea6bddf4..813f5f2e35 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/README.md
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/README.md
@@ -552,7 +552,6 @@ source:
     # See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/querying.html
     # However, the athena driver will transparently fetch these results as you would expect from any other sql client.
     work_group: athena_workgroup # "primary"
-    include_views: True # whether to include views, defaults to True
     # table_pattern/schema_pattern is same as above
 ```
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/athena.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/athena.py
index bd029daade..e99c3f98e6 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/athena.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/athena.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class AthenaConfig(SQLAlchemyConfig):
     s3_staging_dir: str
     work_group: str
 
+    include_views = False  # not supported for Athena
+
     def get_sql_alchemy_url(self):
         return make_sqlalchemy_uri(
             self.scheme,