diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/HttpBigQueryRpc.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/HttpBigQueryRpc.java
index 7b4b9ac5c..93337d8ca 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/HttpBigQueryRpc.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/spi/v2/HttpBigQueryRpc.java
@@ -312,15 +312,13 @@ public Table getTable(
       String projectId, String datasetId, String tableId, Map<Option, ?> options) {
     try {
       validateRPC();
-      Table ans =
-          bigquery
-              .tables()
-              .get(projectId, datasetId, tableId)
-              .setPrettyPrint(false)
-              .setFields(Option.FIELDS.getString(options))
-              .setView(getTableMetadataOption(options))
-              .execute();
-      return ans;
+      return bigquery
+          .tables()
+          .get(projectId, datasetId, tableId)
+          .setPrettyPrint(false)
+          .setFields(Option.FIELDS.getString(options))
+          .setView(getTableMetadataOption(options))
+          .execute();
     } catch (IOException ex) {
       BigQueryException serviceException = translate(ex);
       if (serviceException.getCode() == HTTP_NOT_FOUND) {
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
index 8c1c5bfac..e56a06d4a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
@@ -5421,7 +5421,7 @@ public void testCopyJobStatistics() throws InterruptedException, TimeoutExceptio
     QueryJobConfiguration createTable =
         QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(
                 String.format(
-                    "CREATE TABLE %s AS SELECT num FROM UNNEST(GENERATE_ARRAY(0,5)) as num OPTIONS(max_staleness = INTERVAL 15 MINUTE);",
+                    "CREATE TABLE %s AS SELECT num FROM UNNEST(GENERATE_ARRAY(0,5)) as num",
                     sourceTableName))
             .setDefaultDataset(DatasetId.of(DATASET))
             .setUseLegacySql(false)