diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20220404-144708.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20220404-144708.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ed2e46caa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20220404-144708.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Under the Hood
+body: Remove unneeded create_schema in snapshot materialization
+time: 2022-04-04T14:47:08.960642+02:00
+custom:
+  Author: jtcohen6
+  Issue: "4742"
+  PR: "4993"
diff --git a/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshots/snapshot.sql b/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshots/snapshot.sql
index 76a9b5898f7..c1da517c343 100644
--- a/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshots/snapshot.sql
+++ b/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshots/snapshot.sql
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
   {%- set strategy_name = config.get('strategy') -%}
   {%- set unique_key = config.get('unique_key') %}
 
-  {% if not adapter.check_schema_exists(model.database, model.schema) %}
-    {% do create_schema(model.database, model.schema) %}
-  {% endif %}
-
   {% set target_relation_exists, target_relation = get_or_create_relation(
           database=model.database,
           schema=model.schema,