diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py b/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py
index c1c699529a3..032b3a8b99d 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 from dbt.exceptions import DbtInternalError, YamlParseDictError, JSONValidationError
 from dbt.context.providers import generate_parse_exposure, generate_parse_semantic_models
 
-from dbt.contracts.graph.model_config import MetricConfig, ExposureConfig, SemanticModelConfig
+from dbt.contracts.graph.model_config import MetricConfig, ExposureConfig
 from dbt.context.context_config import (
     BaseContextConfigGenerator,
     ContextConfigGenerator,
@@ -570,11 +570,6 @@ def parse_semantic_model(self, unparsed: UnparsedSemanticModel):
             rendered=False,
         )
 
-        if not isinstance(config, SemanticModelConfig):
-            raise DbtInternalError(
-                f"Calculated a {type(config)} for a semantic model, but expected a SemanticModelConfig"
-            )
-
         parsed = SemanticModel(
             description=unparsed.description,
             fqn=fqn,