diff --git a/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalog.java b/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalog.java
index a590ede6d2e6..7d396954cf95 100644
--- a/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalog.java
+++ b/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalog.java
@@ -442,8 +442,7 @@ protected List<String> listTablesImpl(String databaseName) {
                 try {
                     Identifier identifier = new Identifier(databaseName, t);
                     Table table = getHmsTable(identifier);
-                    if (isPaimonTable(identifier, table)
-                            || (!formatTableDisabled() && isFormatTable(table))) {
+                    if (isPaimonTable(table) || (!formatTableDisabled() && isFormatTable(table))) {
                         result.add(t);
                     }
                 } catch (TableNotExistException ignored) {
@@ -478,7 +477,7 @@ public TableSchema getDataTableSchema(Identifier identifier) throws TableNotExis
 
     private TableSchema getDataTableSchema(Identifier identifier, Table table)
             throws TableNotExistException {
-        if (!isPaimonTable(identifier, table)) {
+        if (!isPaimonTable(table)) {
             throw new TableNotExistException(identifier);
         }
 
@@ -870,7 +869,7 @@ private Table renameHiveTable(Identifier fromTable, Identifier toTable) {
     protected void alterTableImpl(Identifier identifier, List<SchemaChange> changes)
             throws TableNotExistException, ColumnAlreadyExistException, ColumnNotExistException {
         Table table = getHmsTable(identifier);
-        if (!isPaimonTable(identifier, table)) {
+        if (!isPaimonTable(table)) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Only data table support alter table.");
         }
 
@@ -1044,12 +1043,6 @@ public Table getHmsTable(Identifier identifier) throws TableNotExistException {
         }
     }
 
-    private boolean isPaimonTable(Identifier identifier, Table table) {
-        return isPaimonTable(table)
-                && tableExistsInFileSystem(
-                        getTableLocation(identifier, table), identifier.getBranchNameOrDefault());
-    }
-
     private static boolean isPaimonTable(Table table) {
         boolean isPaimonTable =
                 INPUT_FORMAT_CLASS_NAME.equals(table.getSd().getInputFormat())