diff --git a/metacat-connector-hive/src/main/java/com/netflix/metacat/connector/hive/HiveConnectorTableService.java b/metacat-connector-hive/src/main/java/com/netflix/metacat/connector/hive/HiveConnectorTableService.java
index e7d35385d..522a430f6 100644
--- a/metacat-connector-hive/src/main/java/com/netflix/metacat/connector/hive/HiveConnectorTableService.java
+++ b/metacat-connector-hive/src/main/java/com/netflix/metacat/connector/hive/HiveConnectorTableService.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 /**
  * Hive base connector base service impl.
  *
- * @author zhenl
+ * @author zhenl]
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
 @Getter
diff --git a/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-fast-hive-metastore-shard.properties b/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-fast-hive-metastore-shard.properties
index 5114dc9ef..59b9f2fd0 100644
--- a/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-fast-hive-metastore-shard.properties
+++ b/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-fast-hive-metastore-shard.properties
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ connector.name=hive
 metacat.has-data-external=true
 
 metacat.schema.whitelist=shard,shard1
-hive.use.embedded.metastore=true
+hive.use.embedded.metastore=false
 hive.use.embedded.fastservice=true
 hive.exec.compress.intermediate=true
 hive.exec.max.dynamic.partitions.pernode=10000
diff --git a/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-fast-hive-metastore.properties b/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-fast-hive-metastore.properties
index 85170a685..fb5ddb65d 100644
--- a/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-fast-hive-metastore.properties
+++ b/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-fast-hive-metastore.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ metacat.thrift.port=12004
 connector.name=hive
 metacat.has-data-external=true
 
-hive.use.embedded.metastore=true
+hive.use.embedded.metastore=false
 hive.use.embedded.fastservice=true
 hive.exec.compress.intermediate=true
 hive.exec.max.dynamic.partitions.pernode=10000
diff --git a/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-hive-metastore.properties b/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-hive-metastore.properties
index eb938c29b..17c195015 100644
--- a/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-hive-metastore.properties
+++ b/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/etc-metacat/catalog/embedded-hive-metastore.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ metacat.thrift.port=12003
 connector.name=hive
 metacat.has-data-external=true
 
-hive.use.embedded.metastore=true
+hive.use.embedded.metastore=false
 hive.use.embedded.fastservice=true
 hive.exec.compress.intermediate=true
 hive.exec.max.dynamic.partitions.pernode=10000