diff --git a/models/root/document_metadata.sql b/models/root/document_metadata.sql
index 4343bd67..231e11c1 100644
--- a/models/root/document_metadata.sql
+++ b/models/root/document_metadata.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-{% set import_couchdb_data = select_table("{{ env_var('POSTGRES_SCHEMA') }}.{{ env_var('POSTGRES_TABLE') }}", ref('test_source_table')) %}
-
 {{
   config(
     materialized = 'incremental',
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ SELECT
   _deleted,
   saved_timestamp,
   doc->>'type' as doc_type
-FROM {{ import_couchdb_data }}
+FROM {{ env_var('POSTGRES_SCHEMA') }}.{{ env_var('POSTGRES_TABLE') }} source_table
 {% if is_incremental() %}
 WHERE source_table.saved_timestamp >= {{ max_existing_timestamp('saved_timestamp') }}
 {% endif %}