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():
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_session.py b/tests/unit/test_session.py
index 8b6be94..d75c8ce 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_session.py
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ def test_create_session_with_default_datasource_env_var(
                 0
             ]
             self.assertNotIn(
-                "spark.datasource.bigquery.writeMethod",
+                "spark.sql.sources.default",
                 create_session_request.session.runtime_config.properties,
             )
             mock_logger.warning.assert_not_called()
@@ -1034,18 +1034,6 @@ def test_create_session_with_default_datasource_env_var(
                 0
             ]
             # BigQuery properties should be set
-            self.assertEqual(
-                create_session_request.session.runtime_config.properties.get(
-                    "spark.datasource.bigquery.writeMethod"
-                ),
-                "direct",
-            )
-            self.assertEqual(
-                create_session_request.session.runtime_config.properties.get(
-                    "spark.datasource.bigquery.viewsEnabled"
-                ),
-                "true",
-            )
             self.assertEqual(
                 create_session_request.session.runtime_config.properties.get(
                     "spark.sql.sources.default"
@@ -1078,7 +1066,7 @@ def test_create_session_with_default_datasource_env_var(
                 0
             ]
             self.assertNotIn(
-                "spark.datasource.bigquery.writeMethod",
+                "spark.sql.sources.default",
                 create_session_request.session.runtime_config.properties,
             )
             mock_logger.warning.assert_called_once_with(
@@ -1099,7 +1087,7 @@ def test_create_session_with_default_datasource_env_var(
             dataproc_config = Session()
             dataproc_config.runtime_config.version = "3.0"
             dataproc_config.runtime_config.properties = {
-                "spark.datasource.bigquery.writeMethod": "override_method",
+                "spark.sql.sources.default": "override_source",
                 "spark.some.other.property": "some_value",
             }
             session = DataprocSparkSession.builder.dataprocSessionConfig(
@@ -1112,24 +1100,12 @@ def test_create_session_with_default_datasource_env_var(
             ]
             # The BigQuery default properties should be set,
             # but pre-existing properties should override defaults.
-            self.assertEqual(
-                create_session_request.session.runtime_config.properties.get(
-                    "spark.datasource.bigquery.writeMethod"
-                ),
-                "override_method",
-            )  # Pre-existing property remains
-            self.assertEqual(
-                create_session_request.session.runtime_config.properties.get(
-                    "spark.datasource.bigquery.viewsEnabled"
-                ),
-                "true",
-            )  # Default should still be set
             self.assertEqual(
                 create_session_request.session.runtime_config.properties.get(
                     "spark.sql.sources.default"
                 ),
-                "bigquery",
-            )  # Default should still be set
+                "override_source",
+            )  # Pre-existing property remains
             self.assertEqual(
                 create_session_request.session.runtime_config.properties.get(
                     "spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog"